Dietary supplementation with branched-chain amino acids enhances milk production by lactating sows and the growth of suckling piglets

Table 3 Effects of supplementing branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) to the diets of sows on their feed intake and the milk consumption of piglets during lactation

Variable	Control			1.535% BCAA			3.07% BCAA			Pooled SEM	P-value
Variable	d 3	d 15	d 29	d 3	d 15	d 29	d 3	d 15	d 29	Pooled SEM	Treatment	Day	T × D¹
Milk consumption by piglets, mL/kg BW/d	284	231	153	315	252	178	342	277	193	6.4	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.291
	d 0–15	d 15–29	d 0–29	d 0–15	d 15–29	d 0–29	d 0–15	d 15–29	d 0–29
ADFI² by sows, g/kg BW/d	29.7	34.2	32.0	29.9	33.7	31.8	29.7	34.0	31.9	3.1	0.997	0.069	1.00

Values are means with pooled SEM, n = 10 sows/treatment group. See Table 6 for the number of piglets on d 3, 15 and 29 of lactation.
Data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA.
¹Treatment (T), Day (D), and Treatment × Day (T × D) interaction
²ADFI Average daily feed intake

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