Table 3. Effects of vitamin supplementation levels in gestation diets on growth performance during gestation

Treatment1) SEM p-value
V1 V3 V6 V9 Lin. Quad.
Body weight (kg)
 At mating 223.76 223.23 223.73 223.23 4.388 0.978 0.998
 70 days 250.54 242.77 241.95 243.87 3.899 0.576 0.549
 90 days 259.04 252.05 253.00 254.14 3.878 0.711 0.616
 110 days 269.69 267.59 267.21 268.68 4.157 0.932 0.838
 BW gain (0-110 days) 45.90 44.36 43.48 45.45 1.455 0.101 0.965
Backfat thickness (mm)
 At mating 18.65 18.35 18.46 18.46 0.674 0.941 0.912
 70 days 20.35 22.70 21.04 23.14 0.899 0.432 0.943
 90 days 21.15 23.32 23.00 26.80 0.971 0.067 0.673
 110 days 22.50 22.95 24.32 26.60 0.960 0.129 0.639
 BF gain (0–110 days) 3.85 4.60 5.86 8.14 0.533 0.081 0.165
Treatment: V1, corn-soybean meal (SBM) based diet with 1× National Research Council (NRC, 2012) vitamin requirement; V3, corn-SBM-based diet with 3× NRC (2012) vitamin requirement; V6, corn-SBM-based diet with 6× NRC (2012) vitamin requirement; V9, corn-SBM-based diet with 9× NRC (2012) vitamin requirement.
Lin., linear; Quad., quadratic; BW, body weight; BF, backfat thickness.