Effects of Dietary Energy Levels on the Physiological Parameters and Reproductive Performance of Gestating Gilts

Autor: S. S. Jin, S. W. Jung, J. C. Jang, W. L. Chung, J. H. Jeong, Y. Y. Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 29, Iss 7, Pp 1004-1012 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1011-2367
1976-5517
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.16.0269
Popis: This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary energy levels on the physiological parameters and reproductive performance of gestating first parity sows. A total of 52 F1 gilts (Yorkshire×Landrace) were allocated to 4 dietary treatments using a completely randomized design. Each treatment contained diets with 3,100, 3,200, 3,300, or 3,400 kcal of metabolizable energy (ME)/kg, and the daily energy intake of the gestating gilts in each treatment were 6,200, 6,400, 6,600, and 6,800 kcal of ME, respectively. During gestation, the body weight (p = 0.04) and weight gain (p = 0.01) of gilts linearly increased with increasing dietary energy levels. Backfat thickness was not affected at d110 of gestation by dietary treatments, but increased linearly (p = 0.05) from breeding to d 110 of gestation. There were no significant differences on the litter size or litter birth weight. During lactation, the voluntary feed intake of sows tended to decrease when the dietary energy levels increased (p = 0.08). No difference was observed in backfat thickness of the sows within treatments; increasing energy levels linearly decreased the body weight of sows (p
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