Effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation during gestation on the embryonic survival and reproductive performance of high-parity sows.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fertility declines in high-parity sows. This study investigated whether parity-dependent declines in embryonic survival and reproductive performance could be restored by dietary coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation.

Methods

Two experiments were performed. In Exp. 1, 30 young sows that had completed their 2^nd parity and 30 high-parity sows that had completed their 10^th parity, were fed either a control diet (CON) or a CON diet supplemented with 1 g/kg CoQ10 (+ CoQ10) from mating until slaughter at day 28 of gestation. In Exp. 2, a total of 314 post-weaning sows with two to nine parities were fed the CON or + CoQ10 diets from mating throughout gestation.

Results

In Exp. 1, both young and high-parity sows had a similar number of corpora l

SUBMITTER: Cao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236690 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature