DIET FEEDING IN WEANER PIGLETS

Developping diets for piglets three trials are reported. They were car ried out with 4-weeks-weaners with the same basic feed to cover the re quirement und different additives. Performances of the respective cont rol groups were between 426 and 451 g daily gain. In comparison with t he control groups (=100 %) the additives resulted in daily gain/feed c onversion/frequency of diarrhoea as follows: 50 ppm olaquindox 106/95/ 66 %; 50 ppm Zn-Bacitracin + 100 ppm toyocerin 116/95/59 %; 0,65 % for mic acid 117/85/36 %; 1,8 % sorbic acid 126/78/23 %; 4 % ASF-inducing supplement from Sweden 127/82/52 %; 2,5 % yeast-cellwalls 113/90 % and 0,2 % Bio-Mannan-Oligosaccharide 110/96 %.