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Treatmenta
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Variable
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Glucosamine
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Glucose
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Total born
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15.6 ± 0.4 (128)
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15.2 ± 0.4 (127)
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Born alive
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14.0 ± 0.3
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13.8 ± 0.3
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Mummies
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0.56 ± 0.08
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0.57 ± 0.08
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Birth weights
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1.37 ± 0.02 (1970)
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1.35 ± 0.02 (1915)
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Weaning weights
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5.48 ± 0.06
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5.43 ± 0.06
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Preweaning mortality
|
0.17 ± 0.01
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0.16 ± 0.01
|
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aDifferences between glucosamine and glucose supplementation were not statistically significant. Number of observations are in parentheses. Litter size trait, birth and weaning weight least squares means for glucosamine and glucose supplemented sows from Exp. 2 are presented
