Vitamin requirements of swine

Vitamins have been recognized for many years as essential nutrients for swine. The trend toward complete confinement swine production in recent years has focused more attention on the need for supplying adequate dietary sources of vitamins that are deficient in practical rations. Following is a summary of important aspects of vitamin requirements of swine, with emphasis on meeting the needs of hogs fed practical swine rations in Missouri.John C. Rea and Trygve L. Veum (Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture)Revised 12/81/8