Table 1.

The effects of dietary alfalfa supplementation on health condition of gestation sow.

Feeding stage	Alfalfa addition form	Amount	Main results	References
Pregnant gilts	Dehydrated alfalfa meal	5%	The softness of pregnant sow feces↑	(43)
Gestation sows	Alfalfa meal	16.9%	The softness of the gestation sow feces↑	(44)
Gestation sows	Alfalfa-orchardgrass hay meal	46%	Backfat deposition during gestation ↓;Weight loss from 109th days of gestation to 14th days postpartum↑	(46)
Gestation sows	Dehydrated alfalfa meal	As the main feed material	The gestation sows daily weight gain↓	(47)
Gestation sows	Alfalfa meal	50 or 95%	Daily weight gain in gestation sows↓	(48)