›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (9): 2324-2329.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.09.017

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Effect of Dietary Energy Level on Growth Performance,Onset of Puberty and Serum Hormone Contents of Wuzhishan Sows

CAO Ting, XUN Wen-juan, SHI Li-guang, ZHOU Xiong, ZHOU Han-lin, HOU Guan-yu   

  1. Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, China
  • Received:2015-03-11 Online:2015-09-20 Published:2015-09-25

Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary energy level on growth performance, onset of puberty and serum hormone contents of Wuzhishan sows.Twenty Wuzhishan sows which had the similar body weight (2.5±0.6)kg and age (30±2)d were randomly allocated to 2 treatments named NRC group (Standard group:Feed the basal diet to Wuzhishan sows with the amount of the normal standard) and 0.7 NRC group (Limited energy intake group:Feed the basal diet to Wuzhishan sows with the 70% amount of the normal standard), there were 10 replicates in each group and 1 pig per replicate.The trial lasted for 10 weeks.The results showed that the body weight in NRC group was significantly higher than the 0.7 NRC group 6 to 10 weeks after weaning (P<0.05).The average daily gain weight in NRC group was significantly higher than the 0.7 NRC group (P<0.05).Dietary energy level had significant effect on the age of puberty (P<0.05), and the age of puberty in 0.7 NRC group was later than the NRC group.The thickness of back fat in the age of puberty of 0.7 NRC group was significantly lower than the NRC group (P<0.05), and decreased by 39.7%.In the age of puberty, the contents of FSH, LH, E2 and Leptin in serum of NRC group were significantly higher than that of 0.7 NRC group (P<0.05).In conclusion, higher feeding energy level had a better body condition, which stimulated the puberty and estrous symptom in Wuzhishan sows.

Key words: Wuzhishan sows; energy; growth performance; puberty; hormone

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