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

Table 3 Results of body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG) and the time to reach market BW (T₁₀₅) by Treatment and Sex, for the light (L) piglets in Trial 2

Item	Treatment^a		Sex^b		SEM	P-value
Item	LSp	LStd.	F	M	SEM	Treatment	Sex
Body weight, kg
BW64	18.5	18.2	18.2	18.5	0.222	0.667	0.933
BW83	29.6	28.7	29.2	29.1	0.351	0.001	0.593
BW104	45.5	43.1	44.6	43.9	0.519	0.001	0.090
BW125	63.9	60.3	62.3	62.0	0.735	<.0001	0.283
BW146	81.0	77.2	79.0	79.3	0.892	<.0001	0.938
BW163	92.7	89.5	90.8	91.4	1.029	<.0001	0.479
Average daily gain, g/d
ADG_{64_83 d}	586.5	552.3	579.0	558.9	12.2	0.001	0.050
ADG_{64_104 d}	676.0	622.0	661.1	636.9	10.2	<.0001	0.004
ADG_{64_125 d}	745.2	690.6	722.8	713.0	10.4	<.0001	0.289
ADG_{64_146 d}	762.9	720.2	741.2	741.9	9.8	<.0001	0.915
ADG_{64_163 d}	749.3	720.5	733.4	736.5	9.7	<.0001	0.513
Time to market BW, d
T₁₀₅^c, d	181.5	186.2	184.7	183.0	1.18	0.005	0.306

^aTreatment (LSp: specific or LStd: standard)
^bSex of the animals (F: females, M: entire males)
^cT₁₀₅, for time to reach market BW, fixed at 105 kg (measured in d). Data refers only to light pigs (n = 543)

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