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6. Wet & Dry feeding to improve pigs’ performance (Part 1)

In this presentation we aimed to validate the use of a wet and dry feeding system for nursery pigs (4 to 10 weeks of age). We also aimed to identify the optimum water to feed ratio (litres of water per kg of diet) for post-weaning piglets, using dry fed pigs as a control group. We found that wet and dry feeding, irrespective of the water to feed ratio used, increases feed intake and daily growth of pigs compared to dry feeding. However, only the combination of feeding pigs a 2:1 ratio (2 litres of water per 1 kg diet) for 2 weeks after weaning followed by a 3:1 ratio until 10 weeks of age, had the same feed efficiency as dry feeding.