How learning to eat and drink together avoids the weaning dip

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The weaning dip in piglets is a well-known challenge among pig farmers and represents a far-reaching change for piglets. Not only are they separated from their mothers; the piglets also suddenly have to switch from a milk diet to one of solids and water. Between 10 and 65 percent of piglets will not have learned how to eat solids after four weeks. However, it’s a little-known fact that nearly all piglets would explore eating solid foods very early on in nature and would be able to do so after just 14 days.

Period8 Jan 2021

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