Immunocrit, serum amino acid concentrations and growth performance in light and heavy piglets depending on sow’s farrowing system

Table 2 BW 24 h p.n. and IC of piglets within 48 h p.n. depending on farrowing system (mean ± SD)

	n	BW [kg]	IC	n	BW [kg]	IC	n	BW [kg]	IC
All sows with piglets sampled for IC
	FC (26 sows)			LH (24 sows)			GH (25 sows)
Light	45	1.11^B ± 0.087	0.148^Ba ± 0.034	35	1.16^B ± 0.106	0.145^Ba ± 0.037	50	1.15^B ± 0.111	0.121^Bb ± 0.038
Heavy	60	1.80^A ± 0.258	0.165^Aa ± 0.027	61	1.82^A ± 0.275	0.162^Aa ± 0.034	48	1.87^A ± 0.270	0.146^Ab ± 0.038
Total	105	1.50 ± 0.398	0.158^a ± 0.032	96	1.58 ± 0.394	0.156^a ± 0.030	98	1.51 ± 0.417	0.133^b ± 0.040
All sows with piglets sampled for AA
	FC (6 sows)			LH (6 sows)			GH (6 sows)
Light	8	1.10^B ± 0.036	0.133^ab ± 0.030	10	1.16^B ± 0.104	0.154^a ± 0.033	12	1.16^B ± 0.112	0.110^b ± 0.032
Heavy	16	1.78^A ± 0.235	0.155^a ± 0.031	14	1.77^A ± 0.239	0.153^a ± 0.029	12	1.96^A ± 0.319	0.124^b ± 0.038
Total	24	1.56 ± 0.382	0.148^a ± 0.032	24	1.52 ± 0.360	0.153^a ± 0.030	24	1.56 ± 0.473	0.117^b ± 0.029

FC farrowing crate, LH loose housing, GH group housing, BW body weight [kg], IC immunocrit; light < 1.4 kg, heavy ≥1.4 kg
^a.b Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05; ^A.BValues within a column with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05

ISSN: 2055-5660