Fifteen Yorkshire lactating sows were used to investigate the change in feed intake and black fat thickness of lactating sows in a whole lactation period. The result showed that the feed intake and black fat thickness were increased quadratically with increased lactation phase. The feed intake of sows in lactation period was correlated negatively with its black fat thickness( P 〈 0.05). From what discussed above, the result indicated that the accuracy would be better when the lactation phase was regarded as independent variable to build regr...