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Table 3. Effect <strong>of</strong> energy intake in mid- <strong>and</strong> late pregnancy <strong>and</strong> in several successive pregnancies upon number <strong>of</strong> embryos <strong>and</strong> pregnancy rate (continued)<br />

Refe-<br />

rence<br />

5 H: 34.6<br />

Level in treatments, MJ ME day -1 N Daily gain, g Number <strong>of</strong> embryos Pregnancy rate Treatment period<br />

M: 28.1<br />

L: 21.4<br />

61<br />

63<br />

63<br />

- 11.2 4)<br />

10.8<br />

11.6<br />

More culled sows in L (main reasons: not<br />

pregnant <strong>and</strong> aborted)<br />

1 day a.w.-109 days a.ma.<br />

Four successive gestations<br />

6 H: 38.5<br />

48<br />

58-65a<br />

13.6<br />

- Two successive gestations<br />

L: 22.2<br />

48<br />

21-25b<br />

12.3<br />

(Pregnancy)<br />

(First parity)<br />

Note: In some references the level <strong>of</strong> energy is only reported as DE, in those cases ME is calculated as 0.96*DE (Theil et al. (2002))<br />

Ma.: Mating, F: Farrowing, W: Weaning, La: Lactation, A: After<br />

a, b, c: Values with different superscripts are significant different (P≤0.05). x,y, z: Values with different superscripts tended to be different (P

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