Weaner pigs in nursery

Get Nursery Pigs Drinking & Eating in 24 Hours

When pigs hesitate to drink and eat, performance gaps can happen fast. 
Essential-Lyte™ helps pigs get hydrated and on feed sooner, ensuring entire groups start strong and perform from day one. 

Essential-Lyte for Pigs

Pigs naturally drink before they eat, and Essential-Lyte makes sure they’re getting the vital nutrients and vitamins in their water to kickstart their appetite and hydration levels. 

Why Use Essential-Lyte?

  • Gets pigs drinking and eating faster from day one
  • Supports smoother nursery transitions for all pigs
  • Promotes consistent intake across the group
  • Significantly lowers gut pH to help manage pathogens
  • Supports gut health and immune function with prebiotics and essential oils
  • Helps reduce variability, fall behinds and sub-standard pigs
Easy to Use 
  • Mix 1 gallon of Essential-Lyte with 4 gallons of water to create a stock solution
  • 1 gallon treats about 300 pigs for 10 days during nursery transition
Essential-Lyte for Pigs

Product# 2023

Available in a 1 gallon Jug
Treats about 300 pigs for 10 days 

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What’s Inside:

Microfused® Essential Oils Patented Microfused® Essential Oils naturally promotes gut health and help reduce pathogen load.

Actifibe Prebiotic Actifibe Prebiotic feeds beneficial bacteria in the gut to promote immune function.

Natural Vitamins E & D Natural Vitamins E & D promotes immunity and bone health and reduce oxidative stress.

Water Acidifier Water Acidifier significantly lowers gut pH to help further reduce pathogens.

Natural Vitamins E & D Electrolytes help overcome dehydration.


Weaner pig in nursery

MOST STRESSFUL TIME IN A PIG’S LIFE ​

Research from South Dakota State University Extension shows pigs must find feed and water within 36 hours of entering the nursery, or survival rates drop sharply.1 At weaning, intake behavior changes fast. Pigs can go from nursing 16-20 times per day to visiting the feeder once a day. Because pigs drink before they eat, supporting early water intake helps pigs get on feed sooner and keeps nursery groups on track. 

1. Nursery Pig Management SDSU Extension

TRUSTED BY PRODUCERS. PROVEN IN THE FIELD.

“Our nursery was facing high mortality rates of about 20% from slow starting pigs that wouldn’t eat. To help, we tried Essential-Lyte. Almost immediately, feed intake went up drastically and the enteric issues stopped. Our death rate came down to just 2%, and now every group entering the nursery is given Essential-Lyte to get weaner pigs started and set them up for success.”

Owner // 8,000-Head Farrow-to-Finish Farm
Central Minnesota



“I previously had issues with pigs not eating when weaned, leading to mortality and sickness. Essential-Lyte has been an absolute game changer by almost completely eliminating all my issues.”

Owner // Farrow-to-Wean Farm
Maryland

Real Results 

In a recent field demonstration with 24,000 pigs, Essential-Lyte delivered impressive results:
  • 41 additional full-value pigs sold per 1,200 pigs
  • Improved feed efficiency by 0.14
  • Reduced mortality and culls by 41%
  • Reduced sub standards sold by 54%
  • 13.6:1 return on investment (ROI)
Download the field demonstration report for the full Essential-Lyte performance results.
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TRY ESSENTIAL-LYTE FOR FREE

Get your hands on Essential-Lyte for FREE! Fill out the form below and a Ralco representative will help ensure this is the right product for you.

Product trial available to qualifying U.S. swine producers with a minimum 600-head nursery. Limit one (1) product trial per farm. Offer is subject to internal review, cancellation or change at any time.

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Ralco develops natural, effective solutions that help swine producers solve agriculture's toughest challenges, without compromising performance. We use applied science and precision formulation to turn natural ingredients into consistent, real-world results.