Testimonials

“There was a slight increase in weaning weight with the trial group, but what we found interesting was the difference in mortality rate, which was 20% in the control group and only 6% in the Px group. Also, there was less incidence of diarrhea. What was not as obvious in the result is that many of the fall behinds we had at weaning were able to catch up at the nursery. We also observed that there wasn’t much of a weaning lag. So we are definitely happy with the results!”

“We started testing Tonisity in one of our farms in April 2018. After solving some issues related to water quality, we decided to use the solution on a farm with an average 11% pre-weaning mortality. Our first observations were made on the smallest piglets with a body weight at birth below 1 kg. These piglets represent about 20% of the total born, and they have a higher pre-weaning mortality (PWM) than the rest. During our trial on 218 piglets in total, the PWM was 26% in the control group and 21% in the Tonisity Px group, meaning almost 20% reduction in PWM. Also, the total mortality from birth to 40 days of age in those small viable piglets was reduced by 25% with the use of Tonisity Px. We have observed that these small viable pigs could catch up very more effectively and their weaning weights were improved by 250 grams, or almost 7%, with the use of Tonisity Px (5.55 kg vs. 5.20 for the control). This means we managed to get more piglets, and they were heavier at weaning. Due to this improvement, the overall herd performance has also been improved. On average, we had 11.50 % PWM in 2018 but after we started testing Tonisity Px, it has consistently been reduced. In the last batch where all piglets (not only the small ones) were given Tonisity Px, the PWM went down to 6.6%. We are definitely happy with the result and are now expanding the use of Px to the rest of the farms in our group. I think that Tonisity Px is working very well for us and we have now found a good solution for our farms. Also, as we have improved our number of live born, we see more usefulness of Tonisity Px.”

“I have experienced healthier piglets (with an increased post-weaning growth rate) by using Tonisity Px at my farm.” “Tonisity Px har gitt betydelig økning i tilvekst, mindre sykdom og triveligere gris.”

“Tonisity Px is very good. I like it. The piglets really like the solution and play with it. They finish all the Tonisity Px given, unlike the “P” product. My manager also told me that the piglets look super healthy! Round, robust and with good color. We became interested in Tonisity Px during the Philippines launch in October 2018 at the Pinoy Pork Challenge. So, I contacted Dr. Chu for a trial, and we compared it with another product that is administered at a similar period. We allocated 17 sows to each group: Tonisity Px, Product “P” and a control. The average litter size was 11.76 born alive for Tonisity Px, 10.06 for Product “P” and 11.88 for the Control. We observed that the pre-weaning mortality was 5% for Tonisity Px, 8.8% for P and 7.9% for Control. This is 43.2% improvement over P product and 36.7% over the control group. Adjusted 30 days weaning weight was 8.04kg for Tonisity Px, which is higher by 2% than P product (7.88kg) and 10.4% over the control group (7.20kg). Because there were more born alive per litter in the Tonisity Px group, it had the highest number of small piglets called “Class C” (= from 0.8 to 0.9 kg). There were 7% of Class C in the Tonisity Px group, 4.7% in the “P” group and 3.5% for the control. We observed that the trend was reversed at the weaning stage, where Tonisity Px had a higher number of Class A (7.60 kg and above). There were 44.7% of piglets with Class A with Tonisity Px, compared to 40.4% for P and 36.6% for the control group. And for Class B (7.00 to 7.59 kg) we recorded 22.1% for Tonisity, 18.6% for P and 17.7% for the control. As a result, there were less of Class C piglets (6 to 6.9kg) for Tonisity Px (33.1%) than in the 2 other groups (41% for P and 45.7% for the control). We also looked at the scouring incidence. There were 19 cases in the Tonisity Px group, and all of them recovered in 2-3 days. The scouring was more severe in the other 2 groups: we recorded 46 cases in the P group (2 of them did not recover) and 41 cases for the control group, of which 4 did not recover. In overall, we have much better result and it also cost us less money. It;s very good. We will put Tonisity Px in our regular program.”