Strategies to improve the growth and homogeneity of growing-finishing pigs: feeder space and feeding management

Table 2 Results of Body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) by Treatment and Sex in Trial 1

Item	Treatment^a		Sex^b		SEM	P-value
Item	HD	LD	F	M	SEM	Treatment	Sex
Body weight, kg
BW92	32.7	33.2	33.0	33.0	0.288	0.095	0.999
BW121	53.1	55.5	54.0	54.5	0.504	<.0001	0.329
BW154	80.2	82.1	80.1	82.2	0.752	0.022	0.011
Average daily gain, g/d
ADG_{64_92 d}	568.3	586.6	577.5	577.5	10.3	0.095	0.997
ADG_{64_121 d}	636.0	678.1	652.5	661.6	8.8	<.0001	0.329
ADG_{64_154 d}	704.9	725.2	703.7	726.5	8.4	0.022	0.015

^aTreatment (HD or high density, equivalent to 5.5 pigs / feeder space; LD low density, equivalent to 2.2 pigs/feeder space)
^bSex of the animals (F: females, M: entire males). The BW at 64 days is not included here because was included as a covariate in the model

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