Resources: Swine

Phil and Lisa Webster: North Star Sheep Farm, Windham Maine Phil and Lisa Webster are 5th generation sheep farmers who also raise pigs – thousands of sheep and several hundred pigs a year, to be more specific. While the two ...

Use of HydraVantage® Dietary Supplement in SEW Pigs: Impact on Performance and Economics

Use of HydraVantage® Dietary Supplement in SEW Pigs: Impact on Performance and Economics HydraVantage dietary animal supplement is a highly refined, flavored and soluble nutritional premix. In the research project conducted by Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. (KNG) ending on February ...

Use of Newer Phytase Source (Hiphos M and Hiphos Gt) in Kent Swine Products

The use of newer technologies to manufacture more effective phytase sources has been rapidly emerging in recent years. HiPhos M (for meal feeds) and HiPhos GT (for pelleted feeds) are two newer phytase sources from DSM Nutritional Products. Compared to ...

Supplemental Mintrex® Copper Improves Grower-Finisher Performance and Economics

Mintrex copper is a newer generation of supplemental copper in which one copper molecule is chelated to two specific methionine molecules. This combination results in a source of copper that is highly bioavailable to the small intestine. In addition, the ...

Supplemental NutriVantage® Hydra: Performance and Economics in Grow-Finish Pigs

NutriVantage Hydra is a highly refined, flavored, soluble nutritional supplement that may help support the immune system of pigs, specifically during times of stress. NutriVantage Hydra contains a fresh water humic acid (a high-density source of medium-high carbon) that may ...

Impact of HydraVantage® on Performance and Economics of SEW Pigs

HydraVantage is a highly refined, flavored and soluble nutritional premix that may help pigs during times of stress. HydraVantage contains fresh water humic acid (a source of nutrient-rich carbon) that may help support the immune system; butyric acid that provides ...