Abstract

Three hundred arid fifty three lactating sows were used to determine the effects of increased dietary lysine on sow and litter performance. At farrowing, sows were assigned to com-soybean meal lactation diets consisting of either 1.0 or 1.3% total lysine. A treatment by parity interaction was observed, with first parity sows fed 1.3% lysine having heavier litter weaning weights than sows fed 1.00/0 lysine. Surprisingly, third and fourth parity sows fed 1.3% lysine had lower litter weaning weights than those fed 1.0% lysine. No other treatment by parity interactions existed. No differences were observed in the number of pigs weaned or pig survivability. Sows fed 1.3 % lysine tended to consume less feed in the first week of lactation than sow fed 1.0% lysine (9.6 vs 10.0 Ibid), with no differences observed during week 2 or overall. No differences were observed in subsequent performance of the sows on days to estrus; farrowing rate; or number of pigs born, born alive, stillborn, or born mummified. This experiment showed that increasing dietary lysine from 1.0% to 1.3% increased litter weaning weights for parity 1 sows but not for older sows.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 19, 1998

Keywords: Swine day, 1998, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 99-120-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 819, Swine, Lysine, Lactation, Weaning weight, Sows

How to Cite:

Musser, R. E., Goodband, R. D., Nelssen, J. L., Tokach, M. D. & Dritz, S. S., (1998) “Effects of increased dietary lysine on sow and litter performance”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 17-20. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6614