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. 2018 Sep 3;96(12):5179–5187. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky356

Table 4.

Effects of high-protein canola meal (CM-HP) or conventional canola meal (CM-CV) on sow productivity

Item Diet P value
Control CM-HP CM-CV SEM CM-HP CM-CV CM-HP vs. CM-CV
50% 100% 50% 100% Linear Linear
No. of sows 38 37 36 34 35
Parity 2.33 2.38 2.22 2.32 2.33 0.31 0.79 1.00 0.93
Sow BW at d 7 gestation, kg 211.3 205.3 210.0 207.7 204.5 5.05 0.84 0.33 0.76
Sow BW at d 107 gestation, kg 271.3 264.9 266.0 268.1 266.8 4.59 0.36 0.45 0.64
Sow BW at d 1 post-farrowing, kg 262.2 250.4 253.1 256.4 252.8 4.46 0.14 0.12 0.52
Sow BW at weaning, kg 243.3 235.6 235.6 240.9 233.6 4.95 0.26 0.15 0.73
Sow lactation BW change,1 kg −19.02 −15.04 −17.55 −15.68 −19.09 2.27 0.60 0.98 0.60
Sow overall BW change,2 kg −28.23 −29.89 −30.56 −27.23 −32.75 3.20 0.52 0.22 0.93
ADFI in gestation, kg 2.41 2.37 2.37 2.41 2.42 0.03 0.24 0.65 0.06
ADFI in lactation, kg 4.76 4.56 4.71 4.66 4.52 0.25 0.81 0.26 0.78
Wean to first estrus interval, d 5.42 5.33 5.35 5.22 5.80 0.15 0.62 <0.05 0.12

1Sow lactation BW change was calculated as the difference between sow weaning weight and sow BW at day 1 post-farrowing.

2Sow overall BW change was calculated as the difference between sow weaning weight and sow BW at day 107.