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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: sausagesandcash on January 05, 2010, 01:04:56 am

Title: cod liver oil
Post by: sausagesandcash on January 05, 2010, 01:04:56 am

Anyone else adding cod liver oil as a supplement? Good source of vitamins A & D, allowed by Defra, and cheap as marbles from the Co-op.


(CHAPTER II C. FEED MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE USED IN
ORGANIC LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION BUT WHICH ARE
NOT DERIVED FROM ORGANIC PRODUCTION)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/growing/organic/standards/pdf/standard.pdf

Title: Re: cod liver oil
Post by: oaklandspigs on January 05, 2010, 06:53:22 pm

Interestingly my "Tesco high strength cod liver oil capsules" have the shell made of Beef Gelatin, so I could not feed these ;D

Title: Re: cod liver oil
Post by: Carol Knights on January 05, 2010, 07:08:46 pm

Yes I do. I use the oil produced for livestock, it comes in 5 litre bottles and cost about £15. I mostly use it in the winter when sunshine is in short supply (added to the feed just three times a week) but it's quite good to encourage a newly farrowed sow to eat as well.

Title: Re: cod liver oil
Post by: sausagesandcash on January 06, 2010, 02:07:37 pm

Yup, my experience is very similar, the pigs just love it, but again moderation is the key. As I recall the correct dosage is 10 mls per pig per day in feed.