Offspring subcutaneous adipose markers are sensitive to the timing of maternal gestational weight gain

Table 4 Effect of treatment on sow backfat during gestation

	Gestation feeding treatment ^a						P-value
	C	E	M	EM	L	SEM	Trt	C v E	C v M	C v EM	C v L
No. of sows	10	15	13	12	11
Sow backfat, mm
At service	12.4	11.5	12.4	11.2	13.6	0.29	0.07	0.34	0.92	0.23	0.18
Day 25 gestation	13.1	12.4	13.4	12.7	14.2	0.74	0.52	0.57	0.78	0.73	0.34
Day 50 gestation	13.6	15.6	13.9	16.7	15.4	0.92	0.14	0.14	0.84	0.03	0.21
Day 80 gestation	14.1	16.3	17.5	17.9	15.3	1.02	0.09	0.14	0.03	0.02	0.45
Day 110 gestation	14.8	16.7	17.9	18.4	17.1	1.2	0.32	0.28	0.08	0.05	0.21

^aC were Control Sows that received 2.3 kg/day food from day 25 to day 110 gestation, E sows consumed 4.6 kg/day food in early gestation (days 25 to 50), M sows received 4.6 kg/day in mid gestation (days 50 to 80), EM sows received 4.6 kg/day in early and mid gestation (days 25 to 80) and L sows received 3.5 kg/day from days 80 to 110 of gestation.
A P value of < 0.05 indicates significance.

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