The preparation of pigs for fattening can be based on a food restriction diet with a later compensatory growth. To facilitate this feeding management, bulk rations based on by-products are recommended.
Solution
Brewer's yeast is a liquid by-product with a high protein content (> 47% of dry matter). It is also rich in B vitamins and other nutrients, which can be preserved in a silage mixture.
Description
Making silage allows for the preservation of liquid and fibrous by-products, and it improves feed digestibility. Feeding silage increases the digestive system volume for the subsequent fattening phase and, as it is a bulk feed, reduces the stress of pigs under restricted feeding.
• Silage is a solution for the conservation and use of by-products.
• Pigs will readily eat silage once they are adapted to its consumption.
• It is essential to correctly balance and calculate the daily ration, especially when animals are feed restricted.
• The mixing of components, which must be very well chopped and packed without leaving any air (for anaer-obic fermentation) (figure 1), is very important for the silage preparation.
• For growing pigs, the feed ration can be reduced by 10-15% so that they can eat about 240-320 g of silage/ day at the beginning (young growers) and end up eating 750 g/day. One week is recommended for progres-sive adaptation of any kind of pig to the new diet.
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