Table 8 Weight gain, straw consumption and feed consumption per pig and day during the rearing and fattening period
From: Provision of straw by a foraging tower –effect on tail biting in weaners and fattening pigs
Batch | Group | Rearing period | Fattening period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
duration [days] | weight gain (pig/day) [g] | straw consumption (pig/day) [g] | average duration [days] | weight gain (pig/day) [g] | straw consumption (pig/day) [g] | feed consumption (pig/day) [kg] | ||
1 | SG | 61 | 537 | 3.3 | 99.3 | 827 | 32.7 | 2.0 |
1 | CG | 61 | 502 | - | 101.1 | 835 | – | 2.1 |
2 | SG | 38 | 466 | 3.0 | 115.2 | 849 | 25.0 | 2.0 |
2 | CG | 38 | 458 | – | 117.3 | 800 | – | 1.9 |
3 | SG | 43 | 446 | 4.8 | 123.9 | 737 | 36.7 | 1.9 |
3 | CG | 43 | 412 | – | 126.1 | 702 | – | 1.7 |
4 | SG | 50 | 639 | 3.7 | 91.4 | 826 | 25.5 | 2.4 |
4 | CG | 50 | 638 | – | 91.0 | 835 | – | 2.3 |