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Table 8 Heat production and respiratory quotient of portal drained viscera and liver in sows during late gestation and in early and peak lactation

From: Net absorption and liver metabolism of amino acids and heat production of portal-drained viscera and liver in multiparous sows during transition and lactation

Item

DIM1

SEM

P-value

 

−10

−3

3

17

  

HE1, MJ/d

 PDV1

6.20b

6.02b

5.58b

9.77a

0.25

< 0.001

 Liver

7.21b

6.66b

6.54b

11.91a

0.83

< 0.001

Total HE

31.55b

31.75b

39.77a

41.52a

0.80

< 0.001

 PDV, %

18.10b

17.54b

10.63c

29.13a

2.29

< 0.001

 Liver, %

16.82

22.50

16.24

32.98

5.04

0.104

RQ1

      

 PDV

1.16

1.20

1.21

1.29

0.04

0.30

 Liver

0.83

0.75

0.71

0.75

0.05

0.45

  1. a–cWithin a row and within a main effect (DIM), means with different letters differ
  2. 1DIM days in milk; HE heat production; PDV portal drained viscera; RQ respiratory quotient