The growth rate and slaughter time of pigs are directly related to the feed used, which can be divided into dry feed and wet feed. Which makes pigs grow faster?
Let's first understand what dry feed and wet feed are.
Dry feed and wet feed dry feed: it means that premix, concentrated feed and complete feed are directly scattered in the trough of pigs for feeding, which is also the most widely used feeding method at present.
Wet feed: dry feed is mixed with water to form wet feed. Compared with dry materials, wet materials are palatable and easy to digest.
Comparatively speaking, if pigs are fed with wet feed, the nutrients are more conducive to the absorption of pigs and will not cause waste of nutrients. Then, the growth rate of pigs is higher than dry feed.
Existence is reasonable. No matter which feeding method, advantages and disadvantages coexist.
Advantages and disadvantages of dry feeding Advantages of dry feeding:
1, saving time and labor, and saving a lot of labor costs. Pig farmers all know that labor cost is a major item of cost input, especially when they are busy, they pay their workers monthly, and they are busy every day. 2, easy to store, more suitable for large farms. Feed costs are high, and there are not many pig farmers who can "prepare now and use as much as possible", so avoiding feed waste is an important measure to save costs. Disadvantages of dry feed:
1, it is easy to produce dust when feeding, which leads to respiratory problems, including respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, which often happens when pigs compete for food; 2. The digestibility of pigs is low. 3. It may cause constipation to pigs. Due to the lack of water in the feed, constipation is easy to cause. But it can be solved by feeding water to pigs in time after eating, which will undoubtedly increase the labor force. Advantages and disadvantages of wet feeding Advantages and disadvantages of wet feeding:
1, the absorption and utilization rate of nutrients by pigs is high; 2. Good palatability. Compared with dry feed, the palatability of wet feed is much better. When pigs eat wet feed, their intake is also larger than that of dry feed. When the intake goes up, pigs naturally grow faster. 3. Reduce the number of times pigs drink water. When the moisture content of the wet material reaches, it absorbs moisture when eating, reducing the number of times of drinking water and reducing its own energy consumption. 4. Reduce the incidence of respiratory diseases. Dry dust is big, and it is easy to cause respiratory diseases in autumn and winter. When pigs compete for food, dry matter dust is easy to choke into the trachea, causing foreign body cough and even pneumonia in severe cases. 5. Reduce the occurrence of constipation. Disadvantages of wet feed:
1, mixing wet materials requires more labor costs; 2, it is inconvenient to store, how much to mix, and the pig belly fed with wet material is big, which affects the size of commercial pigs. How should pig farmers choose? For large pig farms, I think it is more cost-effective to feed with dry materials: it saves time and effort, and it can also save labor costs. In addition, the dry materials are easy to store, and the shelf life is long. One feeding amount can be mixed for 2 ~ 3 days, and the fed dry materials can be eaten freely, which is really convenient.
For small pig farmers, it is more suitable to feed with wet materials, which will not cause waste of wet materials and avoid respiratory diseases. As we all know, with the rising price of pork, the cost of feed has soared. What pig farmers can do is to improve the utilization rate of feed and prevent pigs from getting sick, so as to get the maximum benefit.