BODY COMPOSITION AND GLYCOGEN RESERVES IN THE NEONATAL PIG DURING THE FIRST 96 HOURS POSTPARTUM

Abstract

Fourteen Yorkshire sows were given either 0.45 or 2.27 kg feed per day from day 100 of gestation until farrowing to determine if short-term nutritional stress during late pregnancy affected the energy reserves or body composition of their piglets at birth or during the early postnatal period (96 h). The diets were formulated so that the intake of trace minerals and vitamins in both groups was the same. Level of feeding from day 100 of gestation affected significantly (P