Optimising minerals in a grower-finisher's diet Optimising minerals in a grower-finisher's diet

Optimising minerals in a piglet’s diet

Trace minerals, such as zinc, copper and manganese, are essential to piglets’ development and metabolism. They support multiple essential functions, including growth performance, immune response and health.

How to recognise

Providing trace minerals in the wrong form and amount – either too low or too high – can have a negative impact on a piglet’s productivity, reducing feed intake and body weight gain and leading to lower weaning weights, disease response and potentially increased mortality.

The impact on the farmer

Swine producers and nutritionists can prevent the negative impacts of improper mineral content in piglets’ diets by selecting a trace mineral source that is most capable of meeting the animals’ incremental needs in a consistent, cost-effective way. Achieving consistent delivery of an optimized level of trace minerals is important to maintain piglet performance, health and well-being.