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• just had a miniture 6 month old pot belly pig,bayby sitting! The owner bought Rabit foord & dog food & said also feed him Vegies. I just want to check...
• I have a client who has problems with rectal prolapses in the lactating sows. The fibre level in the sow diet is 5.3%. Is the problem likely to be a f...
• How does galactomannanase work? Do you have tables that indicate % mannans of feed ingredients?
  
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• When and how much should soya meal be used in the creep feed for suckling pigs? I learned that soya bean meal causes damage to the intestine of suckli...
• I am wondering that what numbers is the optimum feeding frequency for gestation sows. Please let me know the optimun feeding frequency and the reason....
• Dear sir,
  I was woundering if it would be right to use a sow or gilt who had just farrowed to be a nurse sow for 10 day old pigs that the sow was no ...
• Dear Dr.
  I am from a tropical country and wish to know that if I give two finishing ration A and B ,which contain C P 18%,ME 3010 kcl, total lysine 1...
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  I am showing by pig in the county fair in Oct. What should I start feeding my pigs. and should I feed them with a automatic feeder. thank you for...
• Would you know the elements in the feed that cause excessive toe nail growth in sows feet in an outdoor situation. Are zinc and biotin the main influe...
• What differences could we have if we use defluorinated phosphoric rock instead of dicalcium phosphate in all swine diets?
• I like to use rye in my diets, what the better test to know the quantuy of ergot that the samples have?What the highest level of tannin that could hav...
• Dear Doctor
  Can you please explain the benefits of these probiotics to pigs/animals.
  Aspergillus niger,
  Aspergillus oryzae, Bifidobacterium bifidu...
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  I´would like to hear some advice from you about pelleting a nursery diet. What would be the steps I must follow? It is a diet to pigs ...
• What is the nutritional composition (amino acids, crude protein) of the pumpkin seeds?
• HELLO, AND THANKS FOR ATTENDING MY QUESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE HAD USING SODIUM BICARBONATE (0.5 UNTIL 1%) ON ...
• Have you ever seen any pigs with a sudden death that could be caused by zinc oxide toxicity? U of Minn and South Dakota State labs both could determi...
• Is there any evidence that small and frequent meals cause less efficient pigs in a single-spaced feeder environment??
• Does the Barrow Booster really work and is it considered a medicated feed with a withdrawl time. If so how long is the withdrawl time?
• does a lack of zinc or copper cause navel suckers in young pigs 16 days old, if so how could you remedy the problem?
• I receive in a very large number of wean pigs each week at 16 days of age average. 2nd week in.. I am experiencing a high number of them starting to ...