Dr. Danyel Dalto: Vitamins Impact on Gilts and Sows | Ep. 140

In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Danyel Dalto, research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, shares insights on increasing dietary vitamins and their effects on gilts and sows. He explains its effects on reproductive performance, piglet immunity, and vaccine response, highlighting implications for future feeding strategies. Listen now on all major platforms!

"By increasing the dietary vitamin levels during gestation, the study not only avoided the reduction in piglets born alive but also increased their average birth weight by over 20%.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Danyel Bueno Dalto is a veterinarian from Brazil who earned his Master’s and Ph.D. in Animal Science from Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Currently a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, his work focuses on swine nutrition, particularly the metabolism of vitamins and trace minerals.

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What you will learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:07) Introduction
• (03:52) Vitamin metabolism research
• (08:21) Reproductive performance results
• (12:27) Piglet growth response
• (21:37) Supplementation strategies
• (24:37) Vitamin D and C trials
• (31:09) Final three questions

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