Table 8.

Reproductive performance of gilts fed different diets during gestation¹

	NP		LP			P-value
	−DF	+DF	−DF	+DF	SEM	CP	DF	CP × DF
No. of gilts	18	18	18	17		—	—	—
No. of total born2	12.76	12.69	13.73	14.93	0.81	0.022	0.417	0.356
Total born alive	11.82	11.63	11.87	13.14	0.64	0.208	0.383	0.234
Total born effective3	11.53	11.31	11.53	12.50	0.75	0.348	0.554	0.351
Stillborn	0.94	1.06	1.87	1.79	0.54	0.046	0.960	0.803
Number of IUGR per litter4	0.29	0.31	0.33	0.64	0.50	0.469	0.521	0.568
Litter weight of total born without mummies, kg	19.24	18.80	18.74	19.98	1.07	0.717	0.672	0.374
Birthweight of total born without mummies, kg	1.52	1.51	1.37	1.36	0.07	0.006	0.894	0.990
Litter weight alive, kg	17.69	17.39	16.61	17.81	0.97	0.721	0.630	0.416
Birthweight of alive born, kg	1.51	1.51	1.41	1.37	0.07	0.019	0.771	0.666
Intra-litter CV	17.10	17.95	18.07	19.16	1.89	0.494	0.544	0.940
Placenta weight, kg	4.24	4.05	3.76	4.43	0.38	0.862	0.429	0.165
Placenta efficiency	4.54	4.62	4.97	4.53	0.52	0.427	0.522	0.297
Parturition length, min	290.3	216.3	282.1	218.9	49.92	0.939	0.070	0.885

¹NP, normal CP; LP, low CP; DF, dietary fiber. DF mixture consisted of pectin, inulin, and cellulose at the ratio of 1:10:34.

²Including stillborn piglets and without mummies.

³Born effective = born alive – IUGR.

⁴IUGR, intrauterine growth-retarded piglets, birth weight below 2 SD of average birth weight.