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Buckwheat and light coloured pigs

Jeff Marchand

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Hi I am seeing on the web that buckwheat causes sun blisters in lightly coloured pigs, including red breeds like Tamworths. Can anyone confirm? I have some rough pastures that I want to renovate with pigs . I'd like to seed in buckwheat behind them as a future lysine source. I have a local source of Tamworths but I cant find any Large Black or Berkshires nearby.

I also think this is something someone posted on the web sometime ago somewhere and is now considered gospel. Id love to know if anyone can confirm ? Its also probably dose dependent and they wont be eating just buckwheat but a diverse pastured diet.

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Nancy Reading

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It looks like it actually goes back almost 100 years! I found this research paper from 1928 talking about the issue. I haven't read it all, but it might give some pointers as to dosage and whether it is likely to be an issue with your livestock.

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