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R. Bras. Zootec.
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
Arginine improves nutritional quality of sow milk and piglet performance
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Autores: |
Moreira,Rennan Herculano Rufino
Lanferdini,Eloiza
Fonseca,Leonardo da Silva
Chaves,Rhuan Filipe
Garbossa,Cesar Augusto Pospissil
Saraiva,Alysson
Nogueira,Eduardo Terra
Abreu,Márvio Lobão Teixeira de
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Data: |
2018-01-01
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Ano: |
2018
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Palavras-chave: |
Amino acid
Lactation
Milk composition
Reproduction
Swine
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ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of L-arginine supplementation in lactation diets on the productive and reproductive performance of pluriparous sows and their litters. Seventy-six sows of the same genetic line were assigned to four treatments in a completely randomized design with 19 replicates. The experimental unit was the sow and its respective litter. Treatments comprised a control diet (no L-arginine supplementation) and other three diets obtained by top dressing the control diet with 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5% of L-arginine. L-arginine supplementation had no effect on any performance variables, body condition, milk production, or weaning-estrus interval. There was a quadratic effect on percentage of protein and fat in milk as well as on the daily production of these components. Protein and fat percentage declined during lactation. Adding L-arginine to the diet had a quadratic effect on piglet weight at 13 and 21 days, the optimal level of L-arginine supplementation being estimated as 0.64% and 0.71%, respectively. L-arginine supplementation had a quadratic effect on the weight gain of piglets during the first 13 days and on total period of lactation, the optimal level of L-arginine supplementation being estimated as 0.60% and 0.70%, respectively. Supplementing lactation diets with 0.70% of L-arginine, corresponding to 45 g day−1, improves the weight gain of piglets by improving the nutritional quality of sow milk.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Inglês
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982018000100530
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Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Relação: |
10.1590/rbz4720170283
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text/html
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Fonte: |
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia v.47 2018
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Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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