Effect of Energy Source Prior to Parturitian and During Lactation on Piglet Survival and Growth and on Milk Lipids

Authors

R. Dean Boyd, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B. D. Moser, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
E. R. Peo, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
P. J. Cunningham, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1978

Comments

Published in the Journal of Animal Science 47 (1978), pp. 883-892. Copyright © 1978 American Society of Animal Science. Used by permission.

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of level and source of energy fed to sows prior to parturition and during lactation on birth weight, gain, and survival of piglets and fat content of the dam's milk.