Sprinkling two grams of spray-dried plasma (SDP) on top of every ration a hog eats is an effective way to counter bacterial diseases, according to a recent scientific trial to determine the effctivenesss of the practice common in Brazil.
The 998-day trial was conducted on 1,526 pigs on a finishing ration.
It reduced bacterial diseases by 77 per cent.
Metric | Control | SDP (2g/d) | Improvement | |
Mortality per pen (number) | 1.08 | 0.25 | -77% | |
Mortality (%) | 3.39 | 0.78 | -77% | |
Tulathromycin injections/pen | 0.75 | 0.13 | -83% | |
Total medications/pen | 1.70 | 1.11 | -35% |
