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Effect of dietary fat or starch supply during gestation and/or lactation on the performance of sows, piglets’ survival and on the performance of progeny after weaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

N. Quiniou ,
S. Richard ,
J. Mourot  and
M. Etienne
N. Quiniou*
Affiliation:
IFIP – Institut du porc, La Motte au Vicomte, BP 35104, 35651 Le Rheu cedex, France
S. Richard
Affiliation:
IFIP – Institut du porc, La Motte au Vicomte, BP 35104, 35651 Le Rheu cedex, France
J. Mourot
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR-SENAH, 35590 Saint-Gilles, France
M. Etienne
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR-SENAH, 35590 Saint-Gilles, France
*
E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two trials were carried out to compare the effects of fat or starch inclusion in sow’s diet on sow and litter performance. In each trial, sows were assigned to one of two treatments. In trial 1, the sows were fed diets containing either soybean oil (5%, treatment GL5) or cornstarch (11.3%, GL0) from day 35 of gestation to weaning. Daily net energy and nutrient allowance were equalised during gestation. In trial 2, the same treatments were applied only after farrowing (treatments L5 and L0, respectively). Within each trial, a batch of piglets was studied until slaughter. In trial 1, adipose cell development and total lipid content were determined on some pigs at weaning (n = 6/treatment) and at slaughter in dorsal subcutaneous adipose tissue (n = 13/group at least) and in muscle (n = 46/group at least). Piglets’ birth weight was not affected by treatment in trial 1. Survival rates at birth and after 24 h of life were higher in treatment GL5 (4.0% v. 7.5% stillborn piglets in GL0 treatment, P < 0.05; 8.7% v. 12.6% of piglets alive at 24 h of age died in treatment GL0, P = 0.06). Subsequently, overall survival rate until weaning was higher in treatment GL5 (81.4% v. 75.7% of total born piglets, P = 0.03), but litter size at weaning was not significantly affected (11.3). Litter growth rate before weaning was increased when a fat-enriched diet was provided during gestation and lactation (+140 g/day per litter; P < 0.01) and to a lower extent when provided only after farrowing (+90 g/day; P < 0.05). Energy supply through fat did not decrease the mobilisation of the sow’s body reserve and backfat thickness loss was even higher with treatment GL5 (P < 0.05). After weaning, pigs’ average daily gain, feed : gain ratio and carcass lean content were not affected by the energy source supplied before and/or after farrowing. At weaning, the number of adipose cells in the dorsal subcutaneous adipose tissue and in the Longissimus dorsi muscle was higher in the GL5 pigs. Muscle lipid content at weaning did not differ between treatments, but it was higher at slaughter, around 110 kg, in the GL5 pigs (3.46% v. 2.58%, P < 0.001).

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adipose celllipidsowstarchsurvival
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animal , Volume 2 , Issue 11 , November 2008 , pp. 1633 - 1644
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