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30 THE RURAL VOICE
Danish Bacon and Meat Council's
National Committee for Pig
Production brought producers up to
date on the state of the industry in her
country in two keynote addresses.
Liquid feeding has advantages
both in pig health and in convenience
for larger producers who. can afford
the relatively high cost of the
computerized system, she said. The
system also requires computer skills
and meticulous data entry because
misplacement of a decimal point in
typing a ration recipe into a computer
can cause serious problems.
For the pigs there are advantages
particularly for weaner pigs through
high daily feed consumption and
high daily gain. When fermented
feeds are used the lactic acid
produced contributes to good gastro-
intestinal health.
For weaners, however, the Danes
have discovered some
disadvantages in their feeding
systems with too much residual feed
being left in the feed pipeline,
leading to over -fermentation which
reduces the synthetic lysine in the
feed. The feed has too low a pH for
young pigs so Danish producers have
made use of a dry feeding system for
the first two weeks after weaning
(which is later in Denmark than in
Canada). The problem is this requires
two feeding systems, she said.
However new feeding systems
may change the picture because they
flush out the pipeline with air
pressure or water so there is no
residual feed to ferment, Pedersen
said. Under this system weaners are
fed 10-12 times a day and dry feed
can also be supplemented, but the
system is expensive.
For growing -finishing pigs and
sows, fermented grain increases feed
conversion ratios and decreases the
incidence of Salmonella. The use of
by-products reduces feed costs.
Danish producers use ad libitum
feeding particularly for weaners two
weeks post weaning with a short
trough with a sensor. Pigs are fed
three to four times a day with feed
mixed for each feeding period.
Growing -finishing pigs and sows
are generally on a restricted feeding
system with a long trough that allows
eating space for each pig. The pigs
are fed from three to six times a day.
Lactating sows generally are