Survival and growth performance of the piglets is
shown in Table 6. At 0 d postpartum, the body weights
of piglets were significantly increased by GE supplementation, but there were no significant difference in daily
gain until 28 d postpartum among the dietary groups. The
number of born piglets per sow, lactation heads and
weaning heads were not influenced by GE supplementation. However, the lowest stillbirth heads and mortality
were observed in 0.5% GE supplementary group