January 2022
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- 22% Better water intake on day 1 post-weaning and 9% better water intake over 5 days post-weaning
- 0.65 lb/300 g heavier pig 42 days post-weaning
- 65% Fewer fall behinds in nursery
- 17% Lower nursery mortality
Study Feeding Plan
- The study was performed on a gilt multiplication farm in the USA
- Treatment 1 – pigs received Electrolyte B at a dose of 1 lb/64 gallons (0.45 kg/242 L) of water, at a constant concentration for 5 days
- Treatment 2 – PxW – pigs received the appropriate strength of Tonisity PxW according to Table 1 for 5 days
- For both treatment groups, the water lines were emptied of any residual water to ensure that PxW or Electrolyte B were observed in the drinker and were available to the piglets on arrival
- The two treatment groups had identical feeding regimes during the study
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Enrollment
A total of 5665 pigs over 8 production batches (500-850 pigs/batch every 3-4 weeks) from December 2020 to July 2021. Each batch was randomly split between the Electrolyte B and the PxW treatments, amounting to a total of 2812 Electrolyte B pigs and 2853 PxW pigs over the 8 batches.
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Terry Coffman
www.tonisity.com
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