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...milk itself was no great problem. Pfizer's pigmen compounded it scientifically of skimmed cow's milk, fat (such as corn oil), assorted minerals and vitamins, and of course, terramycin. But when they tried to feed "Terralac" to newborn pigs In a sort of incubator, they ran into problems of pig psychology...
...Pfizer people selected a resonant sow and recorded both her mealtime grunt and the joyous squeals of her litter. That does the trick, says Pfizer. When the deep-sleeping pigs hear the sound effects, they wake up in a flash and connect with rows of rubber nipples charged with Terralac...
...Milk. Brooklyn's Chas. Pfizer & Co. has developed a synthetic sow-milk called "Terralac," fortified with the antibiotic Terramycin. With Terralac, farmers can take baby pigs, which usually suckle for 56 days, away from the sow within 48 hours, prevent the newborn from being crushed by its clumsy mother. In experiments, Terralac cut down infant pig mortality to 5% (v. normal...
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