Effect of Oral Administration with Lactobacillus plantarum CAM6 Strain on Sows during Gestation-Lactation and the Derived Impact on Their Progeny Performance
Table 2
Effect of oral supplementation of Lactobacillus plantarum CAM6 on lactating sows.
Items
L. plantarumCAM6
SEM±
value
T0
T1
BW 75 days of pregnancy (kg)
229.67
221.00
6.748
0.130
BW at farrowing (kg)
214.97
212.25
5.529
0.201
BW at weaning (kg)
200.00
196.82
3.909
0.690
Weight loss (kg)
14.97
15.43
1.441
0.789
Days of gestation (days)
114.5
115.0
0.360
0.239
Live pigs at birth/litter
12.50
12.00
0.963
0.797
Pigs dead at birth/litter
0.75
1.00
0.126
0.941
Pigs weaned/litter
9.50
9.75
0.381
0.394
Dead pigs before weaning/litter
3.00
2.25
0.226
0.041
Weaning-estrus interval
7.3
6.9
0.417
0.872
BW: body weight; T0: basal diet (BD); T1: biological agent containing 109 CFU/mL L. plantarum CAM6.
