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Table 5 Effect of maternal treatment on offspring from birth to adolescence

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

 

Treatments*

  

P VALUE

C

E

M

EM

L

N †

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WEIGHTS (kg)

        

Birth weight

1.53

1.45

1.47

1.47

1.53

47

0.033

0.25

Weaning weight‡

7.59c

8.22ab

8.34a

7.71bc

7.60c

47

0.19

<0.01

Weight Day 41

10.5

11.0

10.9

10.7

11.1

47

0.21

0.32

Weight Day 55

17.4

17.0

17.8

17.5

17.7

47

0.36

0.54

Weight Day 76

30.0

29.0

29.4

28.7

29.1

41

0.71

0.7

Weight Day 118

62.2a

56.1b

58.3ab

58.9ab

56.7b

34

1.48

<0.05

Weight Day 159

97.6a

90.0b

92.2ab

95.1ab

90.8b

34

1.87

<0.05

DAILY FEED INTAKE (g)

        

Weaning to Day 41

286ab

277b

247c

280b

306a

47

8.0

<0.001

Day 41 to 55

787

726

740

730

757

47

24.9

0.41

Weaning to Day 55

550a

505ab

503b

514ab

539ab

47

15.2

0.10

Day 55 to 76

1158ab

1209a

1147ab

1094b

1119ab

45

31.3

0.13

Weaning to Day 76

821

819

775

766

794

41

20.1

0.13

Day 76 to 118

1781a

1608b

1674ab

1687ab

1693ab

34

41.6

0.08

Day 118 to 159

2449ab

2515a

2469ab

2439ab

2286b

34

61.6

0.10

Day 76 to 159

2120

2045

2063

2058

1986

34

43.8

0.42

Weaning to Day 159

1647

1599

1600

1583

1547

34

31.7

0.35

SLAUGHTER § DATA

        

Carcass weight (kg)

73.6a

68.1b

68.7b

72.4ab

69.5ab

32

1.56

<0.05

Fat (mm)

10.9a

9.7bc

9.2c

11.0a

10.5ab

32

0.38

<0.01

Lean (%)

58.5bc

59.4ab

59.8a

58.3c

59.0abc

32

0.36

<0.01

  1. *C = Control Sows consumed 2.3 kg/day food from day 25 to 110 gestation, E sows consumed 4.6 kg/day food in early (days 25 to 50) gestation, M sows consumed 4.6 kg/day in mid gestation (days 50 to 80), EM sows consumed 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.
  2. †N = number of Offspring.
  3. ‡Weaning of offspring occurred at day 28.
  4. §Offspring were slaughtered at 159 days old.
  5. Different superscripts, within the row, indicate significant differences.
  6. P value < 0.1 is defined as a tendency and < 0.05 is significant.
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