Brian Hardy

Dr. Brian Hardy is founder of NutriVision (Australia) Pty Ltd, an eco-friendly nutritional consulting business, and is a graduate of the University of Nottingham, England, with a B.S. in agriculture, M.S. in animal science and Ph.D. in swine nutrition.

Gilts respond to higher levels of lysine, energy

As genotypes become leaner and of higher prolificacy, diets should be formulated for preventing excessive mobilisation of body tissue to avoid poor performance and early culling from the herd.

Diets for gilts need to be designed to achieve target weaning weight and minimise the loss of gilt body condition so that sows are able to achieve the necessary three litters for recovering cost of replacement gilt and feeding to third litter.

Feed wastage really means nutrient losses

Improving feeding methods and equipment use are not the only areas to consider in reducing loss of feed in the pig unit.

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