Variable | Control | 1.535% BCAA | 3.07% BCAA | Pooled SEM | P-value | |||||||||||
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d 0 | d 3 | d 15 | d 29 | d 0 | d 3 | d 15 | d 29 | d 0 | d 3 | d 15 | d 29 | Treatment | Day | T × D1 | ||
Sow BW, kg | 187 | 184 | 173 | 161 | 185 | 182 | 175 | 169 | 187 | 185 | 183 | 181 | 9.1 | 0.198 | 0.01 | 0.791 |
Piglet BW, kg | 1.40 | 1.84 | 4.34 | 9.54 | 1.41 | 1.94 | 5.05 | 11.5 | 1.42 | 2.03 | 5.34 | 12.9 | 0.10 | <  0.001 | <  0.01 | <  0.01 |
 | d 0–3 | d 3–15 | d 15–29 | d 0–29 | d 0–3 | d 3–15 | d 15–29 | d 0–29 | d 0–3 | d 3–15 | d 15–29 | d 0–29 |  |  | ||
ADG of piglets, g/d | 147 | 208 | 371 | 281 | 177 | 259 | 460 | 348 | 203 | 276 | 540 | 396 | 6.7 | <  0.001 | <  0.01 | <  0.01 |
BW loss of sows, kg | 3.4 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 26.2 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 0.98 | <  0.001 | <  0.01 | <  0.01 |