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Adding Eucommia ulmoides to pig feed can speed up pig weight gain

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Process the Chinese herbal medicine Eucommia ulmoides into powder or fine granules and add it to the daily diet of fattening pigs at a ratio of 0.2 percent to 0.3 percent, and good results of fast weight gain and a high lean meat rate can be achieved. According to experiments, compared with fattening pigs not given Eucommia ulmoides, their weight gain rate is about 11 percent to 16 percent faster, about 0.24 kg of feed is saved per 1 kg of weight gain, feed conversion rate is increased by 5.4 percent, and carcass lean meat rate is increased by more than 30 percent, because Eucommia ulmoides can promote cell division and the development of muscle fibers and increase the collagen content in muscle

Process the Chinese herbal medicine Eucommia ulmoides into powder or fine granules and add it to the daily diet of fattening pigs at a ratio of 0.2 percent to 0.3 percent, and good results of fast weight gain and a high lean meat rate can be achieved.

According to experiments, compared with fattening pigs not given Eucommia ulmoides, their weight gain rate is about 11 percent to 16 percent faster, about 0.24 kg of feed is saved per 1 kg of weight gain, feed conversion rate is increased by 5.4 percent, and carcass lean meat rate is increased by more than 30 percent, because Eucommia ulmoides can promote cell division and the development of muscle fibers and increase the collagen content in muscle.

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