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Unpublished Paper
Optimal Dietary Energy and Protein for Gilt Development: Age at Puberty, Ovulation Rate, and Reproductive Tract Traits
Animal Industry Report
  • Julia A. Calderón Díaz, Iowa State University
  • Jeffrey L. Vallet, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Clay Lents, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Danny Nonneman, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Jeremy Miles, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Elaine Wright, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Lea Rempel, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Robert Cushman, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Bradley Freking, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Gary Rohrer, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Christina Phillips, Murphy Brown, LLC
  • Ashley DeDecker, Murphy Brown, LLC
  • George Foxcroft, University of Albert
  • Kenneth J. Stalder, Iowa State University
Extension Number
ASL R3022
Publication Date
2015
Topic
Swine
Summary and Implications

The effect of feeding different lysine and metabolizable energy (ME) levels to 1221 crossbred Large White × Landrace developing gilts housed in groups from 100 d of age until slaughter (approximately 260 d of age) on age at puberty and reproductive tract measurements were evaluated. Gilts were randomly allotted to six corn-soybean diets formulated to provide two standardized ileal digestible lysine levels [100% (high, HL) and 85% (low, LL)] and threemetabolizable energy levels [ME, 90% (low, LME), 100% (medium, MME), 110% (high, HME). Average age at puberty was 193 d of age. There were no effects of the dietary treatments on age at puberty or any of the reproductive tract measurements. Despite significant differences in the lysine:energy ratio in the diets, the expected differences in reproductive traits were not observed. Other factors such as body weight (BW) and days of estrous cycle had a greater effect on the traits recorded than feed provided.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-1338
Language
en
Citation Information
Julia A. Calderón Díaz, Jeffrey L. Vallet, Clay Lents, Danny Nonneman, et al.. "Optimal Dietary Energy and Protein for Gilt Development: Age at Puberty, Ovulation Rate, and Reproductive Tract Traits" (2015)
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