ISSUE FOCUS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2023 23 weaned piglets and compensate for the poorly adapted digestion, a trial was performed in Japan following 47 piglets for 7 days after weaning (at 21 days of age). The piglets were randomly divided over 2 treatments: a basal diet and the basal diet supplemented on-top with a nutritional emulsifier (Excential Energy Plus, Orffa Additives BV). The addition of the nutritional emulsifier significantly improved both the body weight gain and the feed conversion rate, compared to the control group (Figure 4). Moreover, the feed intake was significantly higher. The nutritional emulsifier was able to support the piglets’ performance during the post-weaning stress period. The nutritional solution does not only show its benefits to digestibility and metabolism of piglets in relation to performance. Health is also a key factor to analyze, as it impacts greatly the resilience of piglets during the challenging period of weaning and their digestive system functioning. An Argentinian trial, following 30 sows during 22 days, from 90 to 112 days of gestation, brings this type of insight. The trial was coordinated by the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). Half of the sows received a basal gestation diet, while the other half received the same diet with a nutritional emulsifier (Excential Energy Plus, Orffa Additives BV) on-top. After inducing labor at 114 days of gestation, the litter size was standardized to 13-14 piglets per sow. Remaining piglets, which were not selected, were adopted by other sows and not taking part in the trial. After weaning at 22 days of age, the 380 selected piglets were monitored for 15 days and randomly divided into four treatments: basal diet for the sows and piglets; basal diet for the sows and nutritional emulsifier on-top for the piglets; nutritional emulsifier on-top for the sows and basal diet for the piglets; and nutritional emulsifier on-top for the sows and piglets. The addition of the nutritional emulsifier to the diet of the piglets had several beneficial effects on the metabolism, intestinal morphology and activity of digestive enzymes. A significant increased Engineering your feed solutions www.orffa.com - Follow us on Find your local specialist at www.orffa.com EXCENTIAL ENERGY PLUS Saving energy, saving feed costs Excential Energy Plus: a 3rd generation nutritional emulsifier promoting energy and fat digestibilities “Excential Energy Plus gives swine farmers the opportunity to reduce feed costs, whilst getting the same growth performance and feed efficiency”
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