Table 2 Technical characteristics of the whole sample and the two identified groups with different levels of growing-finishing performance as defined by the hierarchical cluster analysis (mean and standard deviation [sd])
| Â | Overall sample (41 herds) | Group 1 (24 herds) | Group 2 (17 herds) | p-valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | mean | sd | mean | sd | Mean | sd | Â |
Average daily weight gain from 8 to 115 kg (g/day) | 754.00 | 41.61 | 781.08 | 26.28 | 715.76 | 26.50 | < 0.01 |
Feed conversion ratio from 8 to 115 kg (kg/kg) | 2.53 | 0.13 | 2.48 | 0.08 | 2.60 | 0.14 | < 0.01 |
Mortality from 8 to 115 kg (%) | 5.21 | 1.99 | 4.09 | 0.93 | 6.79 | 2.03 | < 0.01 |
Carcass slaughter weight (kg) | 119.78 | 4.91 | 121.22 | 5.21 | 117.75 | 3.58 | < 0.01 |