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Table 4 Mean values for pig BW, ADG, ADFI and FCR after weaning for three different weaning treatments

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

Treatment2

CW

IS

ISCoF

ISCoNF

BW, kg

 D 2

7.5 ± 0.23

7.3 ± 0.23

7.3 ± 0.34

7.6 ± 0.31

 D 8

8.4 ± 0.24

8.7 ± 0.24

9.0 ± 0.37

9.0 ± 0.33

ADG, g

 D 0 to 2

−25 ± 13.9

−56 ± 13.7

−78 ± 21.6

−48 ± 17.7

 D 2 to 8

165 ± 8.6a

234 ± 8.5b

294 ± 13.4c

242 ± 11.1b

ADFI, g

 D 0 to 2

80 ± 5.3

73 ± 5.3

67 ± 7.9

72 ± 7.1

 D 2 to 8

192 ± 4.5a

256 ± 4.5b

291 ± 6.7cy

269 ± 6.0bcx

FCR, g/g

 D 2 to 8

1.2 ± 0.03a

1.1 ± 0.03ab

1.0 ± 0.05b

1.1 ± 0.04ab

  1. 1Day = day in relation to weaning with weaning = d 0, d −25 is the day on which most the litters were born
  2. 2CW = conventional weaning (n = 9), IS = intermittent suckling (n = 9), ISCoF = intermittent suckling with co-mingling, familiar pigs (n = 4), ISCoNF = intermittent suckling with co-mingled, not familiar pigs (n = 5)
  3. abValues within a row not having the same superscript are significantly different
  4. xyValues within a row not having the same superscript are a trend