Effects of dietary L-carnitine and fat type on the performance, milk composition and immunoglobulin in sows, and immunological variables of sows and piglets during late gestation and lactation

An experiment with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments (n = 12 sows/treatment) was conducted to investigate the effect of maternal dietary supplementation with 2 different L-carnitine levels (0 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) and 2 fat types (3.5% soybean oil and 3.5% fish oil) from day 107 of gestatio...

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Main Authors: Meili Tian, Na Wang, Ge Su, Baoming Shi, Anshan Shan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2017-05-01
Series:Czech Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-201705-0001_effects-of-dietary-l-carnitine-and-fat-type-on-the-performance-milk-composition-and-immunoglobulin-in-sows-an.php