Composition of sow colostrum and milk - The Gestating and Lactating Sow - page 183

Table 9.1. References used in calculating estimates of major component content for sow colostrum and milk
for Table 9.2 and 9.3. The table represents an incomplete list of references reporting composition results for
multiple days during lactation.

Major components reported 1

Reference First sample vs. farrowing Other samplings reported

Perrin, 1955 at parturition 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33-48 h; 3, 4,

5 d; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 w

ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, snf

Elliott et al., 1971 w/in 12 h post-parturition 7, 14, 21 d ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, snf

Mahan et al., 1971 13 d 21, 29 d ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, snf

Fahmy, 1972 3 h post-parturition 14, 28, 25 d ts, fat, pro, ash, ge

Coffey et al., 1982 24 h 72 h fat

birth 1 st piglet

Boyd et al., 1982 9, 18 d ts, fat, pro

White et al., 1984 15 d 22 d ts, lac, fat, pro, ge

Loudenslager et al., 1986 during parturition 2, 21 d fat

Klobasa et al., 1987 prior to piglets suckling 6, 12, 18, 24, 48, 72 h; 5, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 d ts, lac, fat, pro

w/in 8 h of birth 1 st piglet

Zou et al., 1992 24 h; 7, 21 d lac, fat, pro

Taugbøl et al., 1993 at parturition 14 d fat

birth 1 st piglet

Jackson et al., 1995 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 48, 72, 169 h lac, fat, pro

Csapo et al., 1996 immediately post-parturition 12, 24, 48 h; 3, 5, 10, 20, 45-60 d ts, fat, pro

Dourmad et al., 1998 3 d 7, 15, 22 d ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, ge

Tilton et al., 1999 18 d ts, fat, pro, ash, ge

Alston-Mills et al., 2000 3 d 21 d lac, fat, pro

Kim and Mahan, 2001 at parturition 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14 d pro

Noble et al., 2002 w/in 3 h end of parturition 6, 12, 24, 48 h; 3, 6, 9, 12, 21 d ts, lac, pro

birth 1 st piglet

Devillers et al., 2004b 6, 12, 24 h ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, ge

w/in 4 h birth 1 st piglet

Laws et al., 2009 3, 7, 14, 21 d lac, fat, pro, ge

Farmer et al., 2010 3 d 20 d ts, lac, fat, pro

birth 1 st piglet

Foisnet et al., 2010a 3, 6, 24 h ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, ge

birth 1 st piglet

Foisnet et al., 2010b 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, ge

1 h after birth 1 st piglet

Leonard et al., 2010 12 d ts, fat, pro

De Quelen et al., 2010 w/in 12 h start of parturition 3, 7, 21, 32 d fat

Ariza-Nieto et al., 2011 colostrum, not specified 7, 14d fat, pro, ge

after birth 1 st piglet

Foisnet et al., 2011 6, 12, 24, 36 h ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, ge

Krogh et al., 2012 at parturition ts, lac, fat, pro

w/in 3 h birth 1 st piglet

Flummer and Theil, 2012 ts, lac, fat, pro, ge

De Quelen et al., 2013 w/in 12 h start of parturition 7, 14, 21, 28 d fat

after birth 1 st piglet

Loisel et al., 2013 24 h; 7, 21 d ts, lac, fat, pro, ash, ge

1 ts = total solids or dry matter; lac = lactose; fat = milk fat; pro = crude or total protein; ash = ash; ge = gross energy; snf = solids-not-fat.

et al. , 1995; Klobasa et al. , 1987), or intramammary injection (80 IU; Noble et al. , 2002).
Often piglets are removed from the sow for a time to allow for milk accumulation prior to
milk collection (Klobasa et al. , 1987). Others have used a milking machine to collect milk
samples (Garst et al. , 1999). In the latter case, time of day when sows are milked affects
milk fat, protein and somatic cell concentrations (Garst et al. , 1999). For a more detailed