Table 3. The effect of dietary glucose oxidase supplementation on reproduction performance in lactating sows

Items CON1) GO1 GO2 GO3 SEM p-value2)
Linear Quadratic
Parity 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 0.4 1.000 1.000
Litter size
 Total birth (head) 12.4 11.8 12.0 12.4 0.7 0.953 0.512
 Total alive (head) 11.8 11.6 11.8 11.6 0.8 0.917 1.000
 Stillbirth (head) 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 1.000 0.219
 Mummification, (head) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.205 0.337
 SUR1 (%) 94.8 98.3 98.5 93.6 2.9 0.791 0.177
Body weight (kg)
 Before farrowing 225.9 224.8 223.8 222.9 4.7 0.638 0.986
 After farrowing 208.4 206.1 205.6 205.5 4.9 0.681 0.824
 Weaning 192.6 190.7 190.3 191.2 5.0 0.836 0.784
Body weight loss 13) 17.5 18.7 18.3 17.4 1.5 0.907 0.518
Body weight loss 23) 15.8a 15.4ab 15.3ab 14.3b 0.4 0.020 0.470
Backfat thickness (mm)
 Before farrowing 18.8 18.6 18.4 18.6 0.9 0.847 0.829
 After farrowing 17.8 17.4 17.6 17.6 1.0 0.929 0.843
 Weaning 15.8 16.0 16.0 16.2 0.9 0.758 1.000
Backfat thickness loss 14) 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.641 1.000
Backfat thickness loss 24) 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.4 0.3 0.309 0.563
Body condition score
 Before farrowing 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 0.2 0.790 0.2476
 After farrowing 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.0 0.1 0.629 0.090
 Weaning 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 0.1 1.000 0.469
ADFI (kg)
 Pregnant 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 0.03 0.752 0.410
 Lactation 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.3 0.05 0.261 0.436
Estrus interval (d) 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.4 0.4 0.350 0.813
CON, basal diet; GO1, basal diet + 200 U GOx/kg; GO2, basal diet + 300 U GOx/kg; GO3, basal diet + 400 U Gox/kg.
Means in the same row with different superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05).
Body weight difference: 1, 2 weeks Before farrowing to After farrowing; 2, After farrowing to Weaning.
Backfat thickness difference: 1, 2 weeks Before farrowing to After farrowing; 2, After farrowing to Weaning.
SUR1, survival rate of number of alive pigs per number of totals born pigs; ADFI, average daily feed intake.