Iron status of piglets and impact of phytase superdosing on iron physiology: A review

It has long been considered that an injectable iron supplementation within 48–72 h of birth would sufficiently meet the iron requirement for rapidly growing piglets and the prevalence of iron deficiency and, therefore, the anaemia in nursery barns would not be one of the major issues that compromise the genetic growth potential of young pigs. However, a number of recent commercial farm surveys indicate a significant prevalence of iron deficiency...