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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; L-carnitine; Gestation; Muscle development
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Additional L-Carnitine In The Gestating Sow Diet Improves Carcass Characteristics Of The Offspring (1999), R E. Musser, Duane L. Davis, K Q. Owen, R E. Campbell, S Hanni, J S. Bauman, M Heintz, Robert D. Goodband, Michael D. Tokach, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz
Additional L-Carnitine In The Gestating Sow Diet Improves Carcass Characteristics Of The Offspring (1999), R E. Musser, Duane L. Davis, K Q. Owen, R E. Campbell, S Hanni, J S. Bauman, M Heintz, Robert D. Goodband, Michael D. Tokach, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
A total of 232 sows was used to determine the effects of an additional 50 ppm of L-carnitine in the gestation diet on sow and offspring performance. No differences were observed in either the immediate or subsequent number of pigs born or born alive per litter (P>.l 0). No differences were observed in pig weight at birth, weaning, or d 60 of age. Muscle fiber analysis of newborn pigs indicated a tendency for a larger cross-sectional area of the semitendinosus muscle; increased primary (slow-twitch, red) fibers; and a higher ratio of primary to secondary fibers (fast-twitch, white). No differences …