Dietary fiber during gestation improves lactational feed intake of sows by modulating gut microbiota

Table 3 Effects of high fiber diet and HF-FMT during gestation on performance of lactation sows

Item	Treatment			SEM	P-value
Item	LF	LFM	HF	SEM	P-value
Number of sows, n	20	20	20	-	-
Body weight (BW), kg
D 1 of lactation	249.20	248.18	252.46	3.269	0.640
D 21 of lactation	230.17	225.92	230.68	3.875	0.633
BW loss during lactation, kg	20.63	23.89	24.45	2.391	0.378
Backfat thickness (BF), mm
D 1 of lactation	16.54	17.20	17.24	0.652	0.718
D 21 of lactation	13.79	13.82	14.55	0.725	0.617
BF loss during lactation, mm	2.69	3.30	2.53	0.316	0.232
WEI, d	6.25	5.33	5.08	0.272	0.337

HF High fiber diet during gestation, n = 20, LF Low fiber diet during gestation, n = 20, LFM Low fiber diet + fecal microbiota transplantation from HF sow during gestation, n = 20, SEM Pooled standard error of means, BW Body weight, BF Backfat, WEI Weaning-to-estrus interval
Data were shown as least squares mean with their SEM. Values within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)

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