IARN — It’s one thing to have a hog nutrition program that helps you to maximize the feed efficiency of your hogs and get them to the optimal weights as efficiently as possible. It’s another thing to know if each hog is benefiting from the products you are giving them and that the system is being properly implemented. Hogs haven’t been known to be the most finicky eaters, and they certainly aren’t going to tell you that they notice a taste difference or that they know you have changed their feed recipe.
But while you can’t have a discussion with the animal, Elanco is bringing you some technology to do the next best thing. A micro-tracer that lets you know if Skysis has gone into the ration or not. Dr. Scott Carr is with Elanco and talks about the Skysis system.
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