Table 5.
Effects of dietary BPA supplementation during lactation or gestation and lactation on colostrum and milk composition of sows
Item | Treatment | SEM | P-value1 | ||
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Control | L | GL | |||
Analyzed nutrient content, % | |||||
Colostrum | |||||
Protein | 15.71b | 15.74b | 20.80a | 0.397 | <0.001 |
Fat | 5.57 | 5.55 | 6.10 | 0.200 | 0.098 |
Lactose | 3.05 | 3.13 | 2.48 | 0.070 | 0.061 |
Ash | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.71 | 0.013 | 0.134 |
Milk | |||||
Protein | 6.85 | 6.61 | 6.16 | 0.240 | 0.152 |
Fat | 7.21b | 8.94a | 9.12a | 0.414 | 0.028 |
Lactose | 4.89 | 4.57 | 4.75 | 0.051 | 0.085 |
Ash | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.019 | 0.773 |
a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts indicate significant differences (P < 0.05).
1Sow parity was considered as covariable for the statistical analysis.