Page 2 of articles about feed-consumption

From their respective academic and on-farm perspectives, Josep Gasa and Josep Casanovas comment on a recent study about the effect of postweaning feed intake.

What causes can lead to increased feed conversion ratio and mortality with worsened average daily gain?

What can produce an increase in the feed conversion ratio and worsen average daily gain without altering mortality?

What can cause an increase in the feed conversion ratio of pigs without altering mortality or average daily gain?

Which dietary factors can affect the feed conversion ratio? Enric Marco talks about how the energy and protein values of feed, the particle size, and mycotoxins can make us lose money.

Feed represents approximately 60% of the costs in pig production. It is therefore very important to have a good feed conversion ratio.