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

Table 5 Daily lactational feed intake, milk yield, and composition in lactating sows fed control diet or CLA diet

	Sow diets		SED³	p-value
	CON¹	CLA²	SED³	p-value
Lactational feed intake, kg/day	6.48	6.58	0.08	0.2117
Milk yield at 21 days of lactation, kg/day	8.54	9.49	0.39	0.0288
Fat
%	8.44	5.92	1.05	0.0308
Yield, kg/day	0.72	0.56	0.10	0.1158
Protein
%	5.15	4.80	0.28	0.1838
Yield, kg/day	0.44	0.46	0.02	0.5033
Lactose
%	5.19	5.44	0.18	0.1855
Yield, kg/day	0.45	0.52	0.03	0.0532
Solids not fat
%	10.93	10.92	0.24	0.9492
Yield, kg/day	0.93	1.04	0.05	0.0367
Protein: fat	0.64	0.85	0.09	0.0288

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