Effect of Increasing Dietary Aminoacid Concentration in Late Gestation on Body Condition and Reproductive Performance of Hyperprolific Sows

Autor: Senén Seoane, Pasquale De Palo, José Manuel Lorenzo, Aristide Maggiolino, Pablo González, Leticia Pérez-Ciria, Maria Angeles Latorre
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Zdroj: Animals, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 99 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani10010099
Popis: A total of 62 highly prolific Danbred sows was used to evaluate the implications of increasing dietary amino acid (AA) concentration during late gestation (from day 77 to 107 of pregnancy) on body condition and reproductive performances. Sows were assigned to one of the two treatments (n = 31, with similar number of sows in the second-, third- and fourth-cycle); control diet (containing 6 g of standardized ileal digestible lysine -SID Lys-)/kg) and high AA level (containing 10 g SID Lys/kg and following the ideal protein concept for the remaining essential AA). On day 108 of pregnancy, animals were moved to the farrowing-lactating facilities where they spent until weaning receiving a common standard lactation diet. After farrowing, litters were standardized to 13 piglets each. At 107 d of gestation, backfat depth was thicker in sows fed high AA concentration than in those fed control diet (p < 0.0001) but these significant differences disappeared at weaning (p > 0.05). Additionally, at farrowing, the litter size (p = 0.043) and weight (p = 0.017) were higher in sows fed high AA level. It can be concluded that the increase in the AA content in the feed during the last month of gestation could improve the body condition of the sows and their performance results.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje