URBANA, Ill. – Starting weanling pigs off with the right diet can make all the difference for the health and productivity of the animal. A new University of Illinois study shows amino acids from a new torula yeast product are more digestible by young pigs than amino acids from fish meal.

“We cannot supply all the amino acids for weanling pigs with soybean meal. We need another source. We used fish meal for a long time, but that is getting too expensive. There are also issues with price and quality volatility, supply, and sustainability with fish meal,” says Hans H. Stein, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Illinois. “Our study shows we can use the torula yeast product instead of fish meal in diets for weanling pigs.” (Read more...)