With today’s market prices, disease pressures and global demand for pork, swine producers are feeling the need more than ever to increase the number of pigs that successfully make it to market.
由于当前市场价格、疾病压力和全球对猪肉的需求，养猪户比以往任何时候都更有必要增加成功上市的生猪数量。
As a leader in young animal nutrition, Provimi, a Cargill business, has developed a new way of looking at nutrition to help producers get more healthy, live pigs through the nursery phase, setting them up for success all the way to market. Based on additional findings about the connection between diet and age, the Nurture program and accompanying technologies provide a new, research-based way of looking at nutrition for producers struggling with or looking to improve young pig performance.
作为幼畜营养领域的领导者，嘉吉（Cargill）旗下的普罗维米公司（Provimi）开发了一种补充营养的新方法，帮助生产者从育肥阶段到上市得到更健康的生猪。基于对饮食和年龄之间关系的进一步研究，Nurture计划和相关技术为养猪户提供了一种新的、以研究为基础的方式来研究营养，这些养猪户正在努力提高仔猪的表现。
The need for Nurture
Nurture计划的必要性
“There have been immense changes over the past decade in the swine industry, including the current issues we are seeing due to African Swine Fever (ASF) making its way to Asia,” said Mark Hulsebus, swine commercial director for Cargill’s Provimi business in North America. “Critical issues such as a lack of skilled labor, combined with other volatile industry factors place pressure on producers, making every pig more valuable.”
嘉吉（Cargill）北美普罗维米（Provimi）猪业商业主管马克•胡尔斯巴斯（Mark Hulsebus）表示:“过去10年，养猪业发生了巨大变化，包括我们目前看到的非洲猪瘟（ASF）蔓延至亚洲所引发的问题。”“缺乏熟练工人等关键问题，加上其他不稳定的行业因素，给养猪户带来了压力，也让每头猪变得更有价值。”
With wean-to-finish death loss rates often reaching up to 10%1, there is an urgent need for supporting young pig development and improving livability. This is especially true when 1% mortality costs approximately $1.00 per pig placed.
由于断奶死亡率往往高达10%，迫切让仔猪活得更好并提高存活率。尤其是在死亡率为1%时，每头猪大约损耗1美元，这一点尤其正确。
The science of Nurture
Nurture计划的科学性
The philosophy behind the Nurture program and technologies brings an improved approach to feeding pigs based on age.
Nurture计划和技术背后的理念带来了一种基于年龄改良的饲喂方法。
“A young pig’s digestive capability drastically changes between seven and 35 days of age,” said Matthew Ritter, PhD, swine technical director for Cargill’s Provimi business in North America. “Through industry-leading nursery trials at our global and local research facilities, our teams found new ways to design diets to match the pig’s changing needs. Weaning age is a huge factor in making these decisions.”
“仔猪的消化能力在7到35天大的时候会发生巨大变化，”嘉吉公司北美普罗维米业务的猪技术总监Matthew Ritter博士说。“通过在我们全球和当地研究机构进行的行业领先的育肥试验，我们的团队发现了新的方法来设计饮食，以适应猪不断变化的需求。断奶年龄是做出这些决定的一个重要因素。”
By feeding young pigs the right nutrients at the right time, the Nurture program helps ensure consistent performance and sets young pigs up for future success throughout the grow-finish period. In addition to feeding pigs the right nutrients at the right time, the program’s featured technologies, LipoTec and Promote AOX SD, have been shown to support healthy growth and optimized profitability.
通过在正确的时间给仔猪喂食正确的营养物质，Nurture计划有助于确保仔猪始终如一的表现，并为仔猪在未来整个生长完成期的成功奠定基础。除了在正确的时间给猪喂食正确的营养物质，该计划的特色技术，LipoTec和促进AOX SD，已被证明有助于健康增长和优化盈利能力。
Getting nurture to your operation
把Nurture应用到生产中
The nursery phase can be a key indicator of a producer’s success. When the bottom line is dependent on consistent performance and healthy pigs, producers can rely on the Provimi Nurture program to help start pigs off right and set them up for success to market.
育肥期可以说是生产成功的关键指标。当底线取决于性能稳定和生猪健康时，生产者可以依靠普罗维米Nurture计划来帮助猪适时开始生产，并最终将它们成功推向市场。
The Provimi Nurture program is available as a complete feed with options for bases and pacs. Additional customized offerings, including Nurture technologies, are also available. For pig flows facing additional health challenges, the program also offers Nurture Boost, which includes additional technologies to deliver nutrition for young pigs needing extra support.
普罗维米培育（Provimi Nurture）计划作为一个完整的饲料提供基地和PACS选项，还可以提供其他定制产品，包括养育技术。对于面临额外健康挑战的生猪，该计划还提供了促营养（Nurture Boost）项目，包括为需要额外照料的仔猪提供营养的技术。
文章来源：WATTAgNet
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