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. 2021 May 3;99(5):skab061. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab061

Table 6.

Milk composition on 3, 10, 17, and 24 DIM and average daily milk yield, water intake, feed intake, and piglet ADG of CON sows and GLU sows

Treatment (Trt) DIM P-value
CON GLU SEM 3 10 17 24 SEM Trt DIM Trt × DIM
DM, % 18.6 18.5 0.33 19.2 18.4 17.7 18.7 0.43 0.51 0.14 0.33
Fat, % 7.72 7.68 0.42 8.35 7.62 6.95 7.88 0.46 0.94 0.12 0.46
Lactose, % 5.11 5.05 0.09 4.78b 5.04a 5.32a 5.19a 0.09 0.66 <0.001 0.57
Protein, % 5.09 5.06 0.08 5.64a 5.02b 4.69b 4.97b 0.09 0.82 <0.001 0.03
Casein, % 3.91 3.94 0.06 4.25a 3.89ab 3.71b 3.87b 0.07 0.72 <0.001 0.05
Energy, MJ/kg 5.12 5.08 0.15 5.43 5.05 4.75 5.17 0.18 0.85 0.05 0.36
Milk yield2, kg/d1 12.8 13.4 0.88 8.93c 12.7b 15.3a 15.2a 0.73 0.64 <0.001 0.43
Water intake, L/d1 47.6 42.7 8.69 30.5b 49.2ab 51.2a 49.7ab 6.9 0.70 0.003 0.71
Feed intake, kg/d1 7.24 7.22 0.15 5.17c 7.54b 8.03a 8.17a 0.14 0.93 <0.001 0.94
Piglet ADG, g/d1 240 251 14.0 166c 233b 287a 295a 12.7 0.61 <0.001 0.19

1Average daily of day 2 to 7, 8 to 14, 15 to 21, and 22 to 28.

2Calculated according to Hansen et al. (2012).

a,bLeast squares treatment means with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).