Table 3.

Sow body weight, litter size, fetal weight, and variation in fetal weight within a litter on day 90 of pregnancy

Item	SE	LE	SEM	P value
Sow BW (kg)
At insemination	72.7	72.9	0.9	0.840
At day 90 of pregnancy	127.9	117.0	1.9	0.002
Litter size	12.0	11.8	0.9	0.856
Fetal weight (g)	574.4	507.7	17.9	0.039
CV, %	14.86	12.72	1.48	0.345

n = 4 for each group

SE maternal standard-energy diet, LE maternal low-energy diet, BW body weight, CV coefficient of variation, values determined from fetal weights within each litter