Selko-pH
Selko-pH effectively reduces the pH of water. In this way, Selko-pH supports improved digestibility of diet components and maintains a stable intestinal microbiota. This results in healthy animals with optimal performance.
Ensuring water quality for sows
Water is the most important and, at the same time, most neglected nutrient. A highly productive sow who gives birth to 14 to 16 piglets produces 14 to 15 litres of milk a day. Drinking large volumes of clean, fresh water during lactation, enables sows to produce adequate milk for large litters. The microbiological quality of water has a tremendous impact on health and performance.
For best results, farmers should carefully monitor hygienic conditions starting at the source and continuing to guard it throughout the water system. We encourage making good water hygiene an integral part of every biosecurity and farm management programme.
How to recognise
Litter size (affecting milk demand and production), ambient temperatures and quantity and quality of feed intake influences water consumption for sows. Reduced water intake will result in decreased feed intake, milk production and overall performance of the sow and her piglets. The impact on milk production is most dramatic in the first three days of lactation.
The impact on the farmer
Sub-optimal water quality will negatively impact animal health and performance as well as the farmer’s profitability.