{"id":57330,"date":"2020-12-03T04:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T04:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/improving-sow-nutrition-boosts-piglet-performance\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T12:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T17:39:36","slug":"improving-sow-nutrition-boosts-piglet-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/resource-center\/blog\/improving-sow-nutrition-boosts-piglet-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Sow Nutrition Boosts Piglet Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you read the Essential Feed blog on a\nregular basis, you know by now that supplementing your sows with zinc,\nmanganese and copper from performance trace minerals improves health and\nreproductive performance. It does so, primarily, by controlling inflammation\nand improving the health of your sows, making them more productive. This allows\nfor nutrients to be diverted toward producing healthy, robust piglets instead\nof mounting an immune response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how can we see the results of feeding performance\ntrace minerals? You can\u2019t\nexactly tell just by looking at a sow that it is experiencing less\ninflammation. The results can be seen, though, through other\nproduction-relevant metrics that are captured at the farm on a regular basis: <\/p>\n\n\n\n