Complementary feed for piglets and adult pigs such as breeders or finishers play a crucial role in supporting their well-being and performance. These complementary feeds are designed to supplement the animals primary diet and provide essential nutrients that may be lacking. Here are the key aspects to consider when formulating complementary feeds adapted to their needs.
Depending on the physiological stage of the animal and the type of production, different functions of complementary feed are essential to support the animal the best possible way. While complementary feed represents an additional cost for farmers, it can result in greater economic efficiency by improving the overall productivity of the pig herd.
Kersia’s complementary feed range for PIGS
Complementary feed products are crucial for addressing the nutritional gaps, increased demands, and specific health conditions of pigs. By providing a balanced and nutrient-rich diet, farmers can ensure their pigs grow healthily, perform optimally, and remain resilient against environmental and health challenges.
Kersia’s COMPLEMENTARY FEED range supports farmers to increase the WELL-BEING and the PERFORMANCE of their animals. Our product range offers complementary feed products dedicated to different stages in the lifecycle of swine to enhance animal’s vitality and provide nutrients supply to support immunity and development at start for piglets or during challenging periods such as stressful times, hepatic or reproductive challenges such as farrowing.
Kersia offers a solution-based program aimed at:
- → Growth Performance
- → Challenging Period
- → Digestive Well-being
- → Reproduction Support
Complementary Feed Solutions for Pigs
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
CHALLENGING PERIOD
DIGESTIVE COMFORT
REPRODUCTION SUPPORT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
Complementary feed plays a significant role in supporting the growth performance especially of weak piglets. It is important to provide weak piglets with a high energy source to promote rapid weight gain, including key nutrients and positive bacteria to boost immunity, overall health and positive gut flora, ensuring efficient nutri ent absorption and digestive health. This combination helps in improving the resilience and development of weak piglets, leading to better growth outcomes.
CHALLENGING PERIODS
Pigs can face challenging periods throughout their lifecyels such as change of weather (humidity and temperature), change of location, gathering of animals, feed transition, disease outbreaks, etc.
Those sanitary challenges can lead to various troubles such respiratory stress or weaken the animal’s immune system.
Adpated nutrition is then essential to support energy intake, hydration, support of immunity and overall health and performance during challenging times.
DIGESTIVE COMFORT
Supporting digestive well-being in pigs during challenging periods is crucial for maintaining overall well-being and performance. Digestive issues can arise from factors such as changes in diet, farrowing, stress, disease challenges, and environmental conditions.
REPRODUCTION SUPPORT
Complementary feeding plays a key part in enhancing preparation of oestrus and reproduction. By ensuring that sows receive a balanced and nutrient-rich diet, complementary feeds help optimize reproductive performance, leading to improved fertility rates, healthier pregnancies, and stronger, more viable piglets.
Highlighted Solutions
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
PIGSTART PLUS
A Boost for newborn piglets
CHALLENGING PERIODS
BIOBRON 20
Support recovery and relaunch appetite during sanitary challenges
DIGESTIVE COMFORT
EASYNAT
Support the sow’s digestive system during farrowing
REPRODUCTION SUPPORT
PROLIFERTIL
Management of hyperprolific sows
For more details on our whole portfolio and additional complementary feed solutions, please contact our local representatives or distributors.
Kersia’s complementary feed galenic solutions
Kersia complementary feed solutions are based on key ingredients such as vitamins, trace elements, antioxidants, essential oils, plant extracts, etc. – all presented in different galenics adapted to each situation.
In summary, complementary feed for pigs is essential for ensuring pigs receive a well-balanced diet that meets their specific nutritional needs. This leads to improved growth, development, productivity, and overall well-being, while also contributing to efficient and sustainable livestock production practices.