Abstract
Abstract A total of 40 gilts (Landrace × Yorkshire) fed delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or inorganic iron (FeSO4) and their 392 progeny were used to determine the iron status of sows and piglets at birth and nursing. The experiment was a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with two different additive [90 mg of iron/kg (as FeSO4) and 90 mg ALA/kg (ALA90)] and 2 levels of injection with iron-dextran (0 and 200 mg) to neonatal pigs within litter. Dietary treatments were fed during entire gestation and lactation period. Sows fed ALA90 diet had larger (P
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