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.