BABY PIGS ARE OFTEN VITAMIN E DEFICIENT:Using the wrong form of vitamin E risks newborn health, production and profits.

摘要

Today's husbandry practices combined with seasonal pasture growth patterns can deprive production animals of adequate vitamin E. The natural form of vitamin E found in green grass, as well as legumes, is an essential nutrient for production animals such as swine, dairy cattle, beef cattle, and sheep. This powerful antioxidant is particularly important to neonates. Unless the correct form of vitamin E is provided as a supplement to the neonate's daily diet, this important antioxidant becomes deficient, resulting in a host of potential health and performance challenges for newborn pigs, lambs and calves. The list of potential issues includes diarrhea, weakness, pneumonia and Mulberry Heart Disease in pigs.