Getting newly weaned pigs off to a good start.

The article presents a study which aims to determine if body weight of pigs at weaning could be used to determine which pigs require the more expensive diet containing the animal byproducts. The study involves examining the response of newly weaned pigs to three different dietary regimens and weaning weight, and the effect of weaning weight in feeder visits. The study reveals that that healthy pigs weaned at 26 days of age can perform well on diet having no animal byproducts.