Iron

Iron for piglets.

Iron is given in piglets at 3 day of age.

Piglets needed supplemental iron because of the current farm practice that we do now a days.

Years back when pigs are still pastured/ roaming, iron supplemental is not required because piglet can get the iron from the ground.

The sow’s milk only give around 1 mg of iron per day and feed creeping can give additional iron to them.

There are two concentration of iron in the market. One is 100 mg/ml and the other is 200 mg/ml

The piglet should be given 2 ml of iron if the concentration is 100 mg per ml .
If the concentration is 200 mg/ml the animal should be given 1 ml only.

If the animal is already eating solid diets the booster shot of iron at 10 days in not necessary unless you seen paleness in the animal.