Benefits

Hyperprolific sows in modern pig production have created new challenges for newborn piglets. Large litters result in piglets with below average birth weights, more competition for milk, greater variability in weaning weight, and higher mortality. Piglets with a low weaning weight (immature) are more prone to postweaning diarrhoea, respiratory diseases, and immunosuppression due to the stressful transition from passive to active immunity (vaccination).

This irreversibly affects their post-weaning growth rate up to finishing.

Consequently, the time taken to reach their final weight is increased, along with the associated cost. Therefore, ensuring a higher weight at weaning and at the end of nursery phase is the key to improving production costs.

Initial growth, weaning, and the transition from passive to active immunity (vaccination) are events that entail a very high rate of cell multiplication, and require more nucleotides than are provided by a regular diet, forcing the body to synthesize them at the expense of energy, amino acids, and time.

Ascogen® is a unique source of 100% natural, perfectly balanced free NUCLEOTIDES, which stimulate the immune defenses and improve the integrity of the intestinal mucosa.

When administered as a supplement to preweaning and nursery piglets, Ascogen^® facilitates recovery in underweight animals, resulting in more uniform litters and a higher average weight at the end of nursery and fattening phases.

Investing a few cents per piglet with Ascogen^® promotes much higher productivity and a significant reduction in costs during the finishing phase.