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Letters: "Zinc oxide acted like a sticky plaster, masking underlying problems in piglet health"

Nigel Bennet, of Roam Technology, writes to urge pig producers to complete a short survey on how the ban on zinc oxide is affecting piglet health and performance across the UK

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Letters: "Zinc oxide acted like a sticky plaster, masking underlying problems in piglet health"

Pig producers are being urged to complete a short survey aimed at understanding how the ban on therapeutic zinc oxide (ZnO) is affecting piglet health and performance across the UK. The industry-wide...

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