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Table 3 Performances of litters and piglets in lactating sows fed diets supplemented with CLA

From: Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) increases milk yield without losing body weight in lactating sows

 

Sow diets

SED3

p-value

 

CON1

CLA2

Litter size, no. of piglets

    

After cross-fostering (day 0)

9

9

  

At weaning (day 28)

8.71

8.63

0.26

0.7377

Pre-weaning mortality, %

3.17

4.17

2.90

0.7377

Litter weight, kg

    

After cross-fostering (day 0)

14.45

14.87

1.11

0.7097

At weaning (day 28)

62.88

69.14

3.20

0.0722

Gain (day 0 to 28), kg/d

1.73

1.94

0.12

0.0960

Piglet weight, kg

    

After cross-fostering (day 0)

1.60

1.65

0.12

0.6965

At weaning (day 28)

7.21

8.03

0.33

0.0278

42 days post-weaning (day 70)

24.54

25.98

1.03

0.1841

Piglet weight gain, g/day

    

Day 0 to 28

199.94

227.75

11.21

0.0276

Day 28 to 70

412.46

431.51

23.07

0.4239

Day 0 to 70

327.67

347.57

14.25

0.1859

  1. 1CON = diets supplemented with soybean oil.
  2. 2CLA = diets replaced soybean oil with CLA.
  3. 3SED = standard error of difference.
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology

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