Practical experiences with the use of piglet feed with animal protein are becoming increasingly numerous. Experts are noticing the beneficial effects on the behaviour and performance of piglets. There is a lot more peace in the piglet houses, animal meal improves the quality of piglets and more piglets are marketable. It is an essential nutritional step for keeping pigs with long tails.
Piglet feed with animal proteins has been leaving the production location of Fransen Gerrits in De Rips, Brabant, which specialises in sows and piglets since last autumn. Such a diet is more in line with the natural needs of omnivores such as pigs. Piglets naturally ingest vegetable and animal products for good digestion and optimum development of their gastrointestinal tract. Numerous old and recent studies at recognised institutions both at home and abroad all point in the same direction: the piglet benefits from animal meal.