What are the benefits of giving pigs more exercise? What farmers need to know
Proper exercise for pigs is indispensable, and it is especially needed for piglets and breeding pigs. What are the benefits of exercise for pigs?
1) Exercise can promote the body's metabolism, strengthen the pig's constitution, increase appetite, help with the digestion and absorption of feed, and thereby promote the pig's growth and development. Increasing the exercise of breeding boars can improve mating ability. Exercise for pregnant sows can prevent difficult births and reduce stillbirths.
2) Through outdoor exercise, letting pigs bask in the sun, the 7-dehydrocholesterol contained in pig skin can be converted into vitamin D3 under ultraviolet radiation. Vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, which is beneficial to the formation of pig bones and strengthens the constitution.
3) When exercising on a dirt exercise ground, pigs frequently come into contact with soil and can obtain certain trace elements from the soil, promoting the pig's growth and development.