Dietary supplementation with different types of fiber in gestation and lactation: effects on sow serum biochemical values and performance

Autor: Ruey-Chee Weng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 33, Iss 8, Pp 1323-1331 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1011-2367
1976-5517
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.19.0545
Popis: Objective Three types of dietary fiber were fed to sows during gestation and lactation stages to monitor their physiological and metabolic adaptations during the pre-partum period and to determine how these effects may influence the lactation period and sow performance. Methods Soon after breeding, 54 sows were selected and were fed with 20% supplementation as fed of wheat bran (WB), soya hulls (SH), or rice hulls (RH) in diets during gestation and lactation. Sows were weighed, backfat thickness was measured ultrasonically and jugular blood samples were collected from all sows. The litter size was equalized to 10, by fostering piglets from sows on the same treatment. Results Sows gained 22.0, 21.8, and 25.5 kg of net maternal body weight during gestation (for WB, SH, and RH sows, respectively; p = 0.007). There was no treatment effect on the body weight change during lactation (p = 0.158), however RH sows consumed an average of 133.66 kg of feed, WB sows took 121.29 kg and SH sows took 126.77 kg during lactation (p
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