Table 2.

Effect of high ISF or SF intake in late gestation on litter performance of sows^1,2

	CON	ISF	SF	P-value
Piglets per litter, no.
Total born	15.31 ± 0.61	16.13 ± 0.56	15.39 ± 0.63	0.59
Born alive	13.75 ± 0.70	14.25 ± 0.55	13.22 ± 0.65	0.52
Stillborn	1.25 ± 0.43	1.31 ± 0.43	1.72 ± 0.36	0.66
Mummies	0.31 ± 0.15	0.56 ± 0.20	0.44 ± 0.27	0.73
LBW piglets3	0.94 ± 0.22	0.69 ± 0.30	1.11 ± 0.27	0.52
Placental weight	3.51 ± 0.35	3.55 ± 0.35	3.34 ± 0.28	0.89
Placental efficiency4	5.36 ± 0.76	5.84 ± 0.95	5.92 ± 0.43	0.62
CV5, %	21.50 ± 1.60	20.43 ± 1.56	21.46 ± 1.06	0.83
Total born, kg
Litter birth weight	19.28 ± 0.75	20.36 ± 0.72	19.47 ± 1.09	0.67
Piglet birth weight	1.27 ± 0.05	1.27 ± 0.03	1.27 ± 0.06	0.99
Born alive, kg
Litter birth weight	17.67 ± 0.84	18.59 ± 0.85	17.31 ± 1.25	0.66
Piglet birth weight	1.31 ± 0.05	1.30 ± 0.03	1.30 ± 0.05	0.99

¹ n = 20.

²CON, control fiber; ISF, high insoluble fiber; SF, high soluble fiber.

³LBW piglets refer to piglets with birth weight less than 0.8 kg.

⁴Placental efficiency, the ratio of total litter weight to placental weight.

⁵CV, coefficient of variation within-litter birth weight.