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Table 3 Water consumption L/pen/week; Water usage of 140 weaned piglets (21 days) supplied with or without an organic acid (OA) blend in the drinking water and with full or reduced medication program in the feed (L/pen/week)

From: Implementing drinking water feed additive strategies in post-weaning piglets, antibiotic reduction and performance impacts: case study

 

Control

Control + OAs

OAs + red.

SED

Treatment

Block

T x B

Water consumption

Week 1

7.5

8.4

9.2

2.05

0.628

0.005

0.967

Week 2

8.7

17.2

13.9

3.61

0.079

0.021

0.639

Week 3

11.4a

24.5b

23.8b

3.67

0.004

0.691

0.416

Week 4

13.9a

31.6b

28.4b

5.65

0.014

0.880

0.824