Veterinary Science & Technology

Silva BAN

Publications

• Research Article
  Effects of Dietary Protein Content on Milk Composition of Mixed Parity Lactating Sows in a Tropical Humid Climate
  Author(s): Silva BAN, Gourdine JL, Corrent E, Primot Y, Mourot J, Noblet J and Renaudeau DSilva BAN, Gourdine JL, Corrent E, Primot Y, Mourot J, Noblet J and Renaudeau D
  
  Eighteen multiparous Large White sows were used to determine the effects of dietary protein content and lactation stage on milk composition during a 28-d lactation under humid tropical climatic conditions. This study was conducted at the INRA facilities in Guadeloupe, French West Indies (latitude 16°N, longitude 61°W). The average minimum and maximum ambient temperatures and average daily relative humidity during the trial were 22.7 and 29.4°C, and 93.7%, respectively. The dietary experimental treatments were a normal protein (NP, 17.3%) diet and a low protein (LP, 14.1%) diet supplemented with essential amino acids. The ADFI tended to be higher for the sows fed the LP diets when compared with the NP treatment (i.e., +9%, P<0.10). Litter BW gain and mean BW of piglets at weaning were not affected by dietary protein level (P>0.10). The treatments did not influence .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000448

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