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Table 8 Plasma cortisol (ng/ml) concentrations during three different weaning treatments before and after weaning

From: Intermittent suckling with or without co-mingling of non-littermate piglets before weaning improves piglet performance in the immediate post-weaning period when compared with conventional weaning

Day1,2

Treatment3

P-value

CW

IS

ISCo

D −6

19 (11.0-29.6)

19 (10.6-28.8)

23 (14.1-34.6)

0.724

D −4

20 (12.1-29.6)

27 (18.0-38.5)

22 (13.4-31.7)

0.467

D 2

28 (14.9-45.5)

20 (9.2-35.0)

24 (12.2-40.7)

0.672

D 4

25abx(17.9-32.6)

32axy(24.4-41.1)

14by(8.9-19.8)

0.001

  1. 1Day in relation to weaning with 0 representing weaning (e.g. 2 is 2 d after weaning)
  2. 2Data has been transformed via square root and then back transformed and expressed as least square means with 95% confidence intervals
  3. 3CW = conventional weaning (n = 10 pre-weaning, n = 9 post-weaning), IS = intermittent suckling (n = 10 pre-weaning, n = 9 post-weaning), ISCo = intermittent suckling with co-mingling (n = 10 pre-weaning, n = 9 post-weaning)
  4. abValues within a row not having the same superscript are significantly different
  5. xyValues within a row with different superscripts are trends
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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