Effect of feeding level of sows during pregnancy on number and weight of piglets at birth and weaning
1999
Ignatova, M. (Institut po Zhivotnov"dstvo, Kostinbrod (Bulgaria))
With the aim to study the effect of feeding levels of sows during the pregnancy period an experiment was carried out with 50 sows fed at two levels: I group (control) - 2.2-2.7 kg/day and II group (experimental) - 1.9 kg/day during the entire period.Feeding level of sows during the pregnancy didn't affect on number and weight of piglets born alive in a litter (8.4 and 8.4; 1.34 and 1.34 kg for I and II group respectively), on number and weight of piglets in the litter at 14-th day (7.96 and 7.84; 3.48 and 3.41 kg respectively) and on the number of weaned piglets (7.72 and 7.60 respectively).
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