Cohorta | Sub-cohortb | Initial No. of pigs | Description | Dam parity | BA | Birth BW | BW at 28 d | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
1 | – | 49 | Pigs born one week later and weaned at 21 d of age | NAc | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
2 | – | 888 | Pigs weaned at 28 d of age | 3.3 | 1.44 | 13.1 | 2.53 | 1.4 | 0.30 | 7.3 | 1.49 |
2a | 326 | Pigs weaned at 28 d of age. Splitd by size 3 weeks post-weaning from cohort 2 | 3.6 | 1.26 | 13.0 | 2.62 | 1.5 | 0.27 | 8.4 | 1.09 | |
2b | 389 | Pigs weaned at 28 d of age. Splitd by size 3 weeks post-weaning from sub-cohort 2a and 5 weeks-post weaning from sub-cohort 2c | 3.2 | 1.51 | 13.0 | 2.59 | 1.4 | 0.30 | 7.1 | 1.18 | |
2c | 120 | Pigs weaned at 28 d of age. Smaller size pigs splitd by size 5 weeks post-weaning from sub-cohort 2b | 3.2 | 1.47 | 13.3 | 2.25 | 1.3 | 0.29 | 5.5 | 0.94 | |
3 | – | 30 | Pigs weaned at 35 d of age | 3.1 | 1.76 | 13.4 | 2.23 | 1.1 | 0.27 | 4.0 | 0.39 |
4 | 8 | Pigs weaned at 49 d of age | 3.0 | 1.41 | 13.5 | 4.41 | 1.1 | 0.38 | 3.3 | 0.86 |