Table 4.
Sow BW, litter size, and fetal BW of fetuses harvested at 111 d of gestation from sows submitted to 4 different supplementation treatments (adapted from Nelson, 2019)
| Measurement | Treatments1 | SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | BEEF | B+S | SUGAR | Trt | ||
| Sow day 39 BW, kg | 201.9 | 240.2 | 205.1 | 208.8 | 18.5 | 0.99 |
| Sow day 111 BW, kg | 235.3 | 235.5 | 231.7 | 238.4 | 17.8 | 0.94 |
| Males per litter | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 0.31 |
| Females per litter | 7.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0.96 |
| Total litter size | 15.8 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 2.0 | 0.55 |
1CON, control supplement (378 g/d corn–soybean meal); BEEF, cooked ground beef supplement (330 g/d); B+S, cooked ground beef (165 g/d) and granulated sugar (129 g/d); SUGAR, granulated sugar supplement (255 g/d).