Nonruminant Nutrition: Amino acids

M166 Effects of arginine supplementation during early gestation (d 1 to 30) on litter size and plasma metabolites in gilts and sows. Jie Li1, Huan Xia1, Wei Yao1, Tingting Wang1, Jiliang Li2, Xiangshu Piao1, Phil Thacker3, Guoyao Wu4, and Fenglai Wang*1, 1State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Agriculture Feed Industry Centre, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 2Tianjin National Breeding Pig Farm, Tianjin, China, 3Department of Animal Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 4Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.