Effect of Protein and Energy Intake by Primiparous Sows During Lactation on Sow and Litter Performance and Sow Serum Thyroxine and Urea Concentrations

Authors

J. H. Brendemuhl, University of Florida
A. J. Lewis, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

1987

Comments

Published in JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 64 (1987), pp. 1060-1069. Copyright © 1987 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

The effects of protein and energy intakes by primiparous sows during a 28-day lactation on thyroxine (T₄) and urea concentrations in blood serum of sows, and sow and litter performance were examined in two experiments.