Table 7.

Effect of 0, 1, or 2% EPA- and DHA-enriched diet supplementation during the last 50 d of gestation in pregnant ewes on offspring lambs body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), and plasma glucose and NEFA concentrations

Items	Treatment1				P-value
	0%	1%	2%	SEM	L	Q	Time	Time × treatment
Pens	8	8	8
Lambs	38	37	35
Lambing BW, kg	6.13	5.85	6.16	0.52	0.99	0.75	0.95	0.88
Weaning BW, kg	27.41	27.92	27.67
ADG, day 15, kg/d	0.31	0.36	0.33	0.109	0.52	0.05	0.10	<0.01
ADG, day 60, kg/d	0.25	0.25	0.25
Glucose	98.55	98.41	102.44	3.00	0.33	0.59	0.56	0.17
NEFA, µEq/L	581.0	514.4	566.0	52.78	0.89	0.37	0.63	0.86

Diets containing 1 or 2% of EPA+DHA are more energy dense diets (NE_m, 0.54 or 1.07%, respectively) than the diet 0% EPA+DHA.

¹Treatments on ewes supplemented with 0, 1, or 2% EPA- and DHA-enriched diet during the last 50 d of gestation; Average daily gain on the lambs from day 0–15 and day 15–60.