Supplemental Nutrivantage® In Grow-Finish Pigs

Developing products that can help pork producers raise healthier pigs to feed a growing population is an ongoing effort at the Kent
Nutrition Group Product Development Center. NutriVantage® Nutrition Optimizer® for swine is a research-driven feed supplement
designed to help animals achieve optimum nutrition from their diet. Our exclusive NutriVantage formula is made with nutritional
components that consist of a blend of organic macromolecules, trace minerals, antioxidants, and chelating agents. In the following
trial, we evaluated NutriVantage at three levels (1.5, 3, and 4.5 lb/ton of complete feed at an added cost of $1.30, $2.60 and $3.15/ton,
respectively by substituting NutriVantage for corn) in growing-finishing pigs. We utilized 1,896 pigs involving 24 replications per group.
We used a five-phase program with 400 lb/ton of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles in each diet. The overall performance data are
shown below:

DISCUSSION

We observed a response in gain and feed intake when pigs were fed diets with supplemental NutriVantage at 3 lb/ton of complete feed.
In fact, the hogs were 4.3 lb heavier at market weight when the diets contained supplemental NutriVantage at 3 lb/ton compared
to those without. While the optimum level for growth and feed intake was 3 lb/ton, we did see that as the level of NutriVantage was
increased, the improvement in feed efficiency continued, which helped to keep the cost/lb of gain just slightly higher than the pigs on
Group 1 without the NutriVantage. The improvements in gain with NutriVantage fed at 3 lb/ton resulted in very favorable advantages
an as the level of NutriVantage was increased.

SUMMARY

Supplemental NutriVantage for swine (Product # 8101) at 3 lb/ton of complete feed resulted in faster growth rates along with improvements of $1.10/hog marketed (using a live price of $55/cwt).

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