Table 2.
Effects of inulin and isomalto-oligosaccharide on reproductive performance of sows1
| Item | Treatment | SEM2 | P Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCO | INU | IMO | |||
| Litter size | 10.14a | 10.14a | 11.14b | 0.19 | 0.037 |
| Litter birth weight | 15.12 | 15.44 | 16.48 | 0.33 | 0.221 |
| Number of weak young | 0.57 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 0.16 | 0.498 |
| Number of stillbirths | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 1.000 |
1NCO, INU, and IMO represents the sows supplemented with basal diet, sows supplemented with the inulin and sows supplemented with isomalto-oligosaccharide, respectively. Sows were regarded as the experimental units.
2Pooled SEM; n = 10 per treatment.
a,b means within the same raw with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).