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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1999; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 00-103-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 841; Swine; Gestation; Feed intake; Off-spring
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Effects Of Increased Feed Intake In Early Gestation On Sow Farrowing Performance And Offspring Carcass Characteristics (1999), R E. Musser, Duane L. Davis, M Heintz, J Bauman, Michael D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz
Effects Of Increased Feed Intake In Early Gestation On Sow Farrowing Performance And Offspring Carcass Characteristics (1999), R E. Musser, Duane L. Davis, M Heintz, J Bauman, Michael D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Three hundred and ninety-four PIC sows were used to determine the effects of increased feed intake during two critical stages of fetal development on farrowing performance and offspring carcass characteristics. Sows were fed 8 Ibid for one of three periods, d 10 to 30, d 30 to 50, or d 10 to 50 of gestation in comparison to a control level of 4 Ibid. Treatments did not affect the number of pigs farrowed. Sows fed 8 Ibid of complete diet from d 10 to 30 of gestation tended to have offspring with heavier hot carcass weight (P = .16) compared …