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The influence of dietary protein intake during lactation on the reproductive performance of sows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. M. MacPherson ,
F. W. H. Elsley  and
R. I. Smart
R. M. MacPherson
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
F. W. H. Elsley
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
R. I. Smart
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
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1. Forty-five Large White gilts were given 2·20 kg daily of a diet containing 14·0% crude protein during three successive pregnancies. During a 6-week lactation they received 5·30 kg daily of one of three diets containing 19·0% (HP), 16·5% (MP) or 14·0% (LP) crude protein.

2. Daily milk yield was estimated on the 10th, 20th, 30th and 40th day of lactation. Milk samples were obtained from the same sows for the determination of protein, fat, lactose and total solids on the 11th, 21st, 31st and 41st day.

3. One sow and litter from each treatment in each lactation was placed in metabolism cages during lactation and estimates of nitrogen and dry matter excretion obtained.

4. As the concentration of protein in the diet decreased the average 42-day gain in litter weight from birth increased significantly in the first lactation. This trend continued in the second lactation although it was not significant but did not appear in the third.

5. There was no marked difference in daily milk yield between treatment groups.

6. There was a significantly greater loss of live weight by the sows on the lower levels of protein in the first lactation. These differences were not significant in the second and third lactations.

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Animal Production , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 443 - 451
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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