Fig. 2

Effect of birth-weight and nutritional status of sows at weaning. Mean ± SD values of body weight (a), ADWG (b) and backfat depth (c) in control LBW, underfed LBW, control NBW and underfed NBW pigs at 24 days old. Different letters indicate significant differences by Duncan’s test. LBW = Low birth weight, NBW = Normal birth weight, ADWG = Average daily weight gain