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Fellipe Barbosa

Fellipe Barbosa, Ph.D., is a global technical manager of swine with EW Nutrition in Germany.

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enhancing piglet immunity

Using egg immunoglobulins to enhance piglet survivability

The number of healthy piglets weaned is the most important factor for the calculation of profit in piglet production, so it has to be pursued as high as possible.
Losses in the farrowing unit normally occur during the first seven days of life as piglets are born with nearly no immune protection. The intake of immunoglobulins out of colostrum therefore is of vital importance.
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