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Table 1 Total amount of feed intake (TFI, kg) during different lactation periods (day 0–6, day 6–14, day 14–21 and day 21–28), whole lactation period and mean daily feed intake (DFI, kg) of sows by five patterns

From: Feed intake patterns of modern genetics lactating sows: characterization and effect of the reproductive parameters

TFI

Pattern

SEM

P-value

1-HH

2-MH

3-HM

4-MM

5-LL

No. of sows

407

254

195

161

41

  

Sows (%)

38.5

24.0

18.4

15.2

3.88

  

0–6 d, kg

25.5a

21.6b

24.9a

19.9c

11.9d

0.39

< 0.01

7–14 d, kg

61.3a

56.8b

53.7c

46.2d

30.9e

0.66

< 0.01

15–21 d, kg

61.2a

56.8b

49.2c

45.9d

36.0e

0.77

< 0.01

22–28 d, kg

57.0a

52.6b

45.8c

43.4c

37.0d

1.48

< 0.01

0–28 d, kg

204.9a

187.8b

173.6c

155.3d

115.8e

2.02

< 0.01

DFI, kg

7.56a

6.93b

6.41c

5.75d

4.34e

0.06

< 0.01

  1. SEM: standard error of the mean
  2. a-dMeans within a group with different letters are different (P < 0.05)