Many factors are impacting the swine production these days. High feed costs, ban on antibiotic growth promotors in some countries and ban on ZnO as medicinal treatment in others. Diseases have hit several countries all over the world challenging the production environment as we knew it.
Some of these challenges have let to strategies of feeding weaned piglets with diets low in protein. This due to the well-known fact that low protein diets can decrease the risk of scouring / diarrhea in piglets.
Feeding less crude protein to piglets has several impacts on the gut health situation. Considering that many gut health issues originate from bacterial growth in the distal Ileum and in the Colon, limiting the N-supply to these bacteria will keep their growth in check.
