Litter size for gilts fed higher levels of folic acid and Riboflavin during gestation (1990)

Authors

C Zhang
D Li
Jim L. Nelssen
Duane L. Davis

Keywords

Swine day, 1990; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 91-189-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 610; Swine; VitB; Riboflavin; Gestation; Litter; Sow; Performance

Abstract

We fed gilts diets containing either additional folic acid throughout gestation (1.5 g/ton, 4.5 lb/gilt daily), additional riboflavin (100 mg/gilt daily) from d 4 to 10 of gestation, both folic acid and riboflavin, or neither supplement All diets provided all KSU recommended allowances for all other nutrients. Neither farrowing rate nor litter size was affected by the treatments.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 15, 1990

Recommended Citation

Zhang, C; Li, D; Nelssen, Jim L.; and Davis, Duane L. (1990) "Litter size for gilts fed higher levels of folic acid and Riboflavin during gestation (1990)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6249