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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. |
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... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amino acid; Lactation; Milk composition; Reproduction; Swine. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982018000100530 |
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