NEW RESEARCH FUNDED BY AB VISTA WILL INCREASE MINERAL NUTRITION PRECISION IN GROWING PIGS

14 November 2014Research being carried out at the University of Illinois and funded by AB Vista will significantly improve the accuracy of calcium (Ca) provision in growing pigs by generating much-needed standardised or true total tract digestibility (STTD or TTTD) values for Ca across a range of common feed ingredients. “The aim is to achieve the same level of precision for Ca when formulating diets as is possible for phosphorus (P),” states Dr Carrie Walk, AB Vista’s Senior Research Manager. “We formulate using digestibility values for the majority of the important – and expensive –