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From: Variations in porcine colostrum oligosaccharide composition between breeds and in association with sow maternal performance

Fig. 3

Distribution of colostrum samples stratified by breed (a), season1 (b) and parity number2 (c) to oligosaccharide (OS) clusters3,4. 1The season was assigned as follows: 1 = if the parturition was included in the period between the 1st of December and the 28th of February; 2 = between the 1st of March and the 31st of May; 3 = between the 1st of June and the 31st of August; 4 = between the 1st of September and the 30th of November. 2 Class of parity number were defined as 1 for parity number from 1 to 3 and as 2 for parity number ≥ 4. 3Clusters were formed using the first 7 principal components (which explained 78% of the total OS variability and had eigenvalues for components > 0.8), considering the 16 mostly represented OS (those in Table 2 plus 2_0_1_0_0; 3_2_0_0_0; 4_0_0_0_0; 4_1_1_0_0). 4 Total number of samples in each cluster

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