Effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation during gestation on the embryonic survival and reproductive performance of high-parity sows

Table 8 Effect of dietary CoQ10 supplementation on the reproductive performance of sows in Exp. 2

	CON					+ CoQ10					SD	P-value
	2	3	4	5	6–9	2	3	4	5	6–9	SD	P	D	P × D
No. of sows	27	28	25	11	21	29	26	25	12	21	-	-	-	-
Total born	13.74^ab	14.29^ab	14.36^ab	13.45^ab	12.05^b	13.72^ab	14.96^ab	15.20^a	14.25^ab	13.67^ab	3.08	*	0.070	ns
Born alive	12.52^ab	12.6^ab	13.20^ab	12.45^ab	10.71^b	12.45^ab	14.04^a	13.76^ab	13.17^ab	12.90^ab	2.93	*	*	ns
Stillborn	1.22	1.61	1.16	1.00	1.33	1.28	0.92	1.44	1.08	0.86	1.57	ns	ns	ns
NO. of IUGR	0.63	0.89	0.72	0.64	0.62	0.34	0.46	0.80	1.00	0.38	0.78	ns	ns	ns
NO. effective	11.89	11.79	12.48	11.82	10.10	12.10	13.58	12.96	12.17	12.52	2.83	ns	*	ns
Birthweight, kg	1.45	1.40	1.45	1.53	1.46	1.51	1.41	1.41	1.40	1.44	0.23	ns	ns	ns
Intra-litter CV, %	18.0	20.2	20.5	19.2	19.8	17.6	16.4	18.7	19.6	17.3	0.06	ns	*	ns
Parturition length, min	237.5	299.3	310.8	253.7	272.0	264.6	290.3	289.3	277.5	230.7	144.3	ns	ns	ns
Birth interval, min	17.5	23.4	21.9	20.2	23.4	19.6	21.0	19.6	19.9	17.4	10.0	ns	ns	ns
FA, %	40.7	53.6	44.0	54.5	66.7	31.0	34.6	36.0	50.0	42.9	49.7	ns	0.041	ns

CON Control diet, + CoQ10 Control diet supplemented with 1 g/kg coenzyme Q10, P Parity, D Diet, P × D Interaction between parity and diet. IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction, CV Intra-litter variation, FA Farrowing assistance
^a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
^*P < 0.05; ns, non-significant, P > 0.10. Trend was considered at 0.05 < P < 0.10

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