Table 3.

Reproduction of sows¹

Items	Micelle silymarin (% of diet)				CON vs. Micelle Silymarin	P-value
	0	0.05	0.1	0.2		Linear	Quadratic
Total number born	12.33 ± 0.67	12.22 ± 0.67	12.77 ± 0.64	12.22 ± 0.40	0.916	0.975	0.627
No. of alive piglet	11.67 ± 0.65	11.11 ± 0.35	11.78 ± 0.62	11.78 ± 0.47	0.858	0.663	0.777
No. of stillbirths	1.11 ± 0.26	1.00 ± 0.24	0.67 ± 0.17	0.44 ± 0.18	0.108	0.021	0.803
Born alive rate, %	91.44 ± 0.02	91.78 ± 0.02	92.22 ± 0.01	96.22 ± 0.01	0.289	0.029	0.410
Litter weight alive at parturition, kg	16.44 ± 0.89	17.04 ± 1.01	16.91 ± 0.74	17.96 ± 0.55	0.366	0.209	0.887
Average weight of piglets born alive, kg	1.51 ± 0.03	1.52 ± 0.03	1.59 ± 0.05	1.54 ± 0.03	0.315	0.362	0.265

¹Values are presented as means ± SE, n = 10.