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Table 1 Mean body weight and average daily weight gain (ADWG), by vaccination group and time point-period

From: Field efficacy study of a novel ready-to-use vaccine against mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and porcine circovirus type 2 in a Greek farm

Time point or period

Group

 

Porcilis PCV M Hyo (n c = 303)

Control (n = 299)

 

Body weight (kg)

One week old

2.2 ± 0.6 (n = 303)

2.2 ± 0.6 (n = 299)

Transfer to finishing

18.5 ± 3.6 (n = 297)

18.3 ± 3.6 (n = 293)

Pre-slaughter

96.6 ± 12.1 (n = 256)

91.7 ± 11.3 (n = 255)

 

ADWG (g/day)

 

Porcilis PCV M Hyo

Control

Nursery period

286 ± 11a

282 ± 11a

Finishing period

816 ± 16a

762 ± 16b

Overall

619 ± 9a

585 ± 9b

  1. Mean body weight expressed as kg ± standard deviation and ADWG presented as g/day. Mean ADWG is adjusted for sow, sex, batch and initial body weight ± standard error of the mean
  2. Level of significance (ANOVA) among superscripts : Nursery period=0.3944, Finishing period ab< 0.0001, Overall ab< 0.0001
  3. c n = number of animals