. 2019 Apr 20;97(6):2515–2523. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz128

Table 2.

Effects of dietary GSP supplementation on reproductive performance of sows

Item (n = 16)	CON¹	200VE¹	200GSP¹	300GSP¹	SEM	P-value
Days of pregnancy, d	116.01	115.29	114.43	115.20	0.20	0.688
Total born, no.	12.00	11.81	11.50	11.88	0.29	0.245
Number of born alive, no.	9.75	10.00	10.00	10.50	0.25	0.164
Number of dead fetuses, no.	1.19^a	1.13^ab	0.75^ab	0.63^b	0.09	0.031
Number of mummies, no.	1.06	0.69	0.75	0.75	0.09	0.472
Farrowing survival, %	81.47^b	85.43^ab	87.53^ab	89.32^a	1.06	0.009
Total live piglet birth weight, kg	12.45	13.36	12.64	12.44	0.48	0.898
Average live piglet birth weight, kg	1.19	1.38	1.39	1.29	0.06	0.823
Average weight of weaned piglet, kg	5.87	6.19	6.24	6.06	0.12	0.299
Average weight gain of piglet, kg	4.69	4.85	4.84	4.78	0.16	0.347
Number weaned piglet by sow, no.	8.94	9.63	9.69	10.13	0.56	0.462
Weaning weight by sow, kg	52.48	59.56	60.46	61.38	1.68	0.536
Preweaning survivability, %	91.85^b	96.29^a	96.99^a	95.23^ab	0.76	0.016

^a,bMeans values within a row with different letters superscripts means significantly different (P < 0.05).

¹GSP = grape seed polyphenols; CON = basal diet; 200VE = basal diet + 200 IU/kg vitamin E; 200GSP = basal diet + 200 mg/kg GSP; 300GSP = basal diet + 300 mg/kg GSP.