Vitamin D Deficiency: What Is All the Fuss About?
nice story in National Hog Farmer. Before many piglets raised indoors were dying
Vitamin D levels: indoor pigs < 10ng/ml, outdoor pigs >50 ng/ml
See also VitaminDWiki
- Rickets in Humans and domestic animals - March 2011
- Piglets getting single dose of 40,000 IU of vitamin D gained more weight – March 2013
- Swine with extra vitamin D more likely to get pregnant and have more and larger piglets – June 2012
- Piglets get more vitamin D than recommended by the govt, for piglets or humans – March 2012
- Overview Veterinary and vitamin D
- 130% more piglets after giving gilt Calcidiol, a form of vitamin D – Nov 2012
- "Free Range Lard" has lots of vitamin D and is good for you