Effects of spray dried plasma on litter growth performance and oxidative stress and inflammation of sows kept in a hot environment

Table 3 Reprodcutive performance of young and mature sows during lactation¹

Parity:	Young		Mature		Pooled SEM	P-value²
Spray dried plasma, %:	‒	0.50	‒	0.50	Pooled SEM	D	P	D × P
Parity	1.52	1.48	4.35	4.44	0.20	0.928	< 0.001	0.746
Body weight, kg
d 107 gestation	227	224	254	246	3.93	0.142	< 0.001	0.632
d 1 lactation	214	210	240	235	4.30	0.274	< 0.001	0.930
d 10 lactation	205	202	234	234	5.84	0.648	< 0.001	0.712
d 20 lactation	193	194	226	222	4.61	0.740	< 0.001	0.706
Average daily gain, kg
d 1 to 10 lactation	−0.92	−0.86	−0.60	−0.13	0.27	0.114	0.002	0.236
d 10 to 20 lactation	−1.37^b	−0.78^a	−0.98^ab	−1.05^ab	0.32	0.031	0.624	0.006
d 1 to 20 lactation	−1.07	−0.83	−0.72	−0.58	0.12	0.065	0.005	0.612
Average daily feed intake, kg
d 1 to 10 lactation	3.92	4.14	4.50	4.63	0.28	0.301	0.003	0.790
d 10 to 20 lactation	5.45	5.23	6.05	6.13	0.17	0.697	< 0.001	0.380
d 1 to 20 lactation	4.68	4.69	5.28	5.43	0.18	0.590	< 0.001	0.649

^a,bMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05)
¹Data are least square means of 15 to 21 observations per treatment
²P-values were calculated for the main effects of diet (D) and parity (P) and the interaction between diet and parity (D × P)

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