A healthy gut microbiome is the starting point for good health, say pig producers Karen and Stephen Thompson. They run a 200-sow indoor herd on a three-week batch system, near Sheffield. Since compulsory recording via the e-medicine book (eMB-Pigs) began, average annual antibiotics use on the unit has been about 4mg/kg, with only the occasional […]
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