Table 7.

Effect of sows’ intake of micelle silymarin from the 109th prenatal day to the 21st postnatal day on the nutrient content of colostrum and milk¹

Items	Micelle silymarin (% of diet)				CON vs. Micelle Silymarin	P-value
	0	0.05	0.1	0.2		Linear	Quadratic
Average daily milk yields, kg/d	9.40 ± 0.48	9.64± 0.44	10.32± 0.43	11.32 ± 0.37	0.046	0.002	0.820
Colostrum at farrowing
Fat, %	4.24 ± 0.10	4.32 ± 0.10	4.33 ± 0.05	4.34 ± 0.04	0.932	0.613	0.833
Protein, %	6.54 ± 0.15	6.28 ± 0.14	6.51 ± 0.12	6.47 ± 0.12	0.448	0.953	0.600
Lactose, %	9.28 ± 0.10	9.12 ± 0.12	9.30 ± 0.14	9.16 ± 0.08	0.485	0.642	0.959
Milk on day 14 of lactation
Fat, %	6.36 ± 0.11	6.59 ± 0.11	6.41 ± 0.03	6.73 ± 0.15	0.087	0.037	0.652
Protein, %	5.92 ± 0.10	5.83 ± 0.09	5.87 ± 0.13	6.03 ± 0.15	0.971	0.360	0.370
Lactose, %	5.11 ± 0.09	5.00 ± 0.17	4.90 ± 0.03	5.13 ± 0.03	0.368	0.791	0.070

¹Values are presented as means ± SE, n = 8.