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

Table 7 Effects of three different weaning treatments on injury score on the day of weaning (just prior to the process of weaning) and at 2 d after weaning

¹CW = 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)
²Injury scores were assessed just prior to weaning
³Data were square-root transformed and then back transformed and expressed as least square means with 95% confidence intervals
^abValues within a row not having the same superscript are significantly different
^xyValues within a row not having the same superscript are a trend

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