1077 – Two Featured Research Reports from K-State Swine Day … Stop, Look and Listen
- Feeding Approaches to Improve Young Pig Survivability
- Increasing Cost Efficiency in Feeding Young Pigs
- Stop, Look and Listen
00:01:00 – Feeding Approaches to Improve Young Pig Survivability: Graduate researcher Madie Wensley and swine specialist Mike Tokach of K-State talk about their findings on feeding approaches to improve young pig survivability right after weaning...they looked at creep feeding options made available on the farrowing floor and their impact on growth performance and mortality, and evaluated the effects of mat feeding for the same purposes
00:12:00 – Increasing Cost Efficiency in Feeding Young Pigs: Graduate researcher Bo Williams and K-State swine nutrition veterinarian Jordan Gebhardt studied the effect of increasing lysine as an amino acid in late nursery and growing pig diets, while at the same time reducing the level of soybean meal in those diets...they found that these adjustments can result in greater cost efficiency in feeding young pigs
00:23:00 – Stop, Look and Listen: K-State's Gus van Der Hoeven provides his weekly commentary on life in rural Kansas
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