The natural diet composition of young piglets suggests an overlook of fibre and food structure in farmed suckling piglets
In conclusion, piglets in natural conditions consume much more fibre-from coarse plant material-compared to farmed piglets receiving creep feed. Although technical performance is distinctly different between nature and farm, it raises the question whether suckling piglets under farming conditions would benefit from a more fibrous and coarser creep feed.
Authors
- Sebastián A. Ballari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-7338)
- H.M.J. van Hees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-1731)
- An Cools (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2426-2906)
- Dominiek Maes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1149-9348)
- Renjie Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-2857)
- Geert Janssens
Institutions
- National University of Río Negro (AR)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Centro Científico Tecnológico - Patagonia Norte (AR)
- Trouw Nutrition (Brazil) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Porcine Health Management
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-025-00439-4
- Primary Topic
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00