|
Item
|
Treatment1
| | |
|---|
|
Specific, Sp
|
Standard, Std
|
SEM
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Time2
|
Time
|
|---|
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Treatment
|
Time
|
Treatment*Time
|
|---|
|
Number of pigs, n
|
218
|
202
|
110
|
213
|
209
|
96
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Body weight*, kg
|
103.4
|
109.9
|
105.0
|
102,2
|
107.0
|
100.6
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Carcass weight, kg
|
82.69c
|
87.58a
|
83.76bc
|
81.93cd
|
85.22b
|
80.46d
|
0.264
|
0.001
|
0.001
|
0.016
|
|
Lean tissue, %
|
63.20b
|
64.01a
|
64.46a
|
63.12b
|
64.04a
|
64.46a
|
0.090
|
0.927
|
0.001
|
0.862
|
- 1Treatment refers to “Group” treatment (G1: Group1 for the Sp treatment or G2: Group 2 for the Std treatment);*Refers to the average BW of the animals in the first, second and third truck
- 2The ‘Time’ describes the three trucks that were used to empty the fattening facility as pigs were approaching market BW
- a,b,c,d Different superscripts within a row indicate significant differences (P<0.05).
