Title: How To Select a Show Pig | Purina Animal Nutrition
Headings: How to Select a Show Pig: Tips for Choosing a Champion
How to Select a Show Pig: Tips for Choosing a Champion
Keep these tips in mind when selecting your show pig for the season:
1. Your show pig breeder is your partner
2. How to select a show pig
Target show goals
Soundness
Overall show pig design
Show pig health
3. Develop a show pig feeding program to maximize potential

Content: You can buy the best pig money can find, but if you miss opportunities with nutrition, you won’t meet your show day goals. Nutrition is like an athlete in training. You don’t see professional athletes at fast food restaurants. They have dieticians to formulate their nutrition and individual meal plans. Show pigs are similar; by developing an individualized feeding program for your show pigs, you can maximize the traits you’ve already selected. The feed you start your show pig on depends upon their age and maturity, as well as their specific growth and development needs. There are medicated options for younger show pigs, such as FIRST WEAN TM 219, FIRST WEAN TM 319 DEN35 or MUSCLE & FILL™ 719 BMD30 for older pigs. Work with your local Purina retailer to help find the best nutrition solution for your show pig. They can also be a resource for nutrition advice every step of the way.