Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Lifetime Productivity of Sows of Two Profile Maternal Lines: Summary of Growth Characteristics and Sow Productivity – 2008

Authors

Phillip S. Miller, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Rodger K. Johnson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Roman Moreno, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matthew W. Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jeffrey M. Perkins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Donald R. McClure, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Thomas McGargill, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

January 2008

Comments

Published in 2008 Nebraska Swine Report. Prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating Departments for use in Extension, Teaching, and Research programs. Copyright © 2007 by The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Web site: http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/swine/pigpdf.htm

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of energy restriction during the gilt development period on lifetime sow reproductive performance of two maternal lines. There were essentially no interactions among line, dietary treatment, and parity. The Large White x Landrace gilts were heavier before and after dietary treatments, matured later, and had greater longissimus muscle area compared to Nebraska Line gilts. Restricting energy intake during the developmental period increased litter weaning weight but had no affect on litter size. Nutritional management of prolific sow lines during the gilt development period does affect sow and litter performance. However, these results do not suggest that the sow populations studied should be fed differently during the gilt development period.