Effect of liquid acidifiers on rearing performance of suckling piglets.Crossbred piglets from 36 litters (12 litters each in control group C and in experimental groups E1 and E2) were investigated. From birth to weaning at 28 days of age, piglets from group E1 received drinking water with a 2% solution of lactic, formic and orthophosphoric acids, and those from group E2 a 0.05% solution of Baracid P, which contained phosphoric, citric, lactic, formic and tartaric acids. No acidifier was used in group C. The piglets were monitored for body weight, mortality, and the incidence and duration of diarrhea. Production parameters were average in all the groups. Daily weight gains from 1 to 28 days of age were comparable in the groups (P >0.05). The additives increased piglet survival (by 1.0 percentage point in group E1 vs C and by 1.8 percentage point in group E2 vs C) and decreased the number of days with diarrhea in experimental compared to control piglets. The differences in daily gains between the groups were statistically not significant, but the improved health and higher survival of piglets in the experimental groups compared to the control group indicate the appropriateness of using acidifiers in rearing of young pigs.
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