Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of a commercial energy supplement to neonatal (very) low birth weight piglets on mortality, daily weight gain and weaning weight.
As energy supplements may enable (very) low birth weight piglets to compete (more) successfully with their heavier littermates for colostrum, considering the crucial role of colostral energy to neonatal survival and regarding the lack of field
trials investigating the effect of management routines on colostrum intake, the present study investigated also the effect of supplementation on colostrum intake.