Is it possible to give piglets apples: the benefits and harms and how to feed them properly

Many believe that pork is the most delicious meat. Many delicacies are prepared from it, it is offered in almost all restaurants. Yes, and this meat cooks very quickly. Delicious independent dishes have also been invented from lard, and real Ukrainian borscht or dumplings with cracklings are simply unthinkable without pig breeding. Is it possible, thinking about the quality of future pork, to give apples to piglets?

Can pigs be given apples?

These animals eat everything that people do. The range of products edible for pigs is even wider. After all, for a complete set of components necessary for the harmonious development of their body, they need to give food:

• dry - corn, wheat, other cereals, hay, animal feed, grass meal;
• juicy - chopped raw vegetables and fruits;
• with animal protein - bone, fish, meat and fish meal, milk whey;
• green - leaves of carrots, sunflowers, corn, beets, leaves and stems of Jerusalem artichoke, fresh grass;
• kitchen waste.

Apples are a proven product in the diet of animals. Such a symbiosis of a pig and an apple tree is beneficial for a tree: the fruits do not rot under the crown, the codling moths that crawl out of them do not remain to winter, waiting for a new harvest.

Suckling pigs are taught to feed from 10 days of age. First give a teaspoon of succulent feed. From the 20th day, the amount of grated vegetables and apples increases to 20 g per stigma.

What is the product useful and harmful?

Apples contain a wide range of substances necessary to maintain the he alth of piglets and adult pigs.

β-carotene0.2-0.52-380-100 100-150 mcgFattening Pigs25- 500.5-1.52-515-306-122-40-0.50.5-1 0-50 mcgSows200-40020-1001-34-7 Found in 1kg of apples

	Animals	Amount, mg
			E	B1	B 2	B3	B5	B6	B9	K	C	H
Must be in 1 kg of feed	Piglets		40-100	1-3	5-8	25-40	8-16	3-6
					20-35	8-16	3-6	1-2	1-3		100-200 mcg
	0.2-0.5	2- 6	0.1-0.3	0.1-0.3	2.5-40	0.7	0.8	16-20 mcg	22 mcg	100	3 mcg

Popular foods are low in calcium. To replenish it in the diet of pigs, zealous owners introduce special additives. But such a natural product as an apple contains significant amounts of this element. Magnesium deficiency is experienced by small piglets, pregnant pigs, representatives of breeds with an intensive increase in body weight. There is also a lot of this element in the fruit.

When using predominantly roughage, dry grain, with stress and diarrhea, there is a deficiency of potassium, chlorine and sodium. This is where apples come in. It will be possible to enrich the diet with sulfur with the help of the same fruit.

Pregnant and lactating sows, suckling piglets need additional amounts of iron.If this group of animals is kept on ordinary feed, then the piglets will suffer from anemia and will lag behind in development. The introduction of apples into the mother's menu corrects the situation, as it affects the composition of milk. Along with other feeds, apples contribute to the supply of iodine and cob alt to the body of pigs, which animals need in small quantities.

Fruit consists of 8-10% starch, which, as it ripens, turns into sucrose. These foods give the animal energy. Especially high-calorie red varieties of apples.

Harm even a man's favorite fruit can bring in one case: if pigs are fed a product recently treated with pesticides. When using fungicides, bacterial agents, insecticides, liquid fertilizers, it is necessary to adhere to the terms of their application and use of the crop.

How to give apples to animals?

Pigs belong to the category of animals that are not recommended to give a lot of roughage.Therefore, if apples are hard, besides them they give a lot of fresh root crops, then it is preferable not only to chop them, but also to steam them. But a part should also be given fresh, as it contains more vitamins and microelements.

The addition of fruit to the ensiling mass enriches this type of feed with selenium. The bones of the fetus contain many enzymes and biologically active substances, so they also do not need to be thrown away. If pigs are fed grated or steamed apple mash, they will eat more food as it becomes more flavorful and appetizing.

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