Variations in porcine colostrum oligosaccharide composition between breeds and in association with sow maternal performance

Table 4 Association of oligosaccharides clusters with sow performances, covariated for breed, season and number of pigs born alive

	No. of dead piglets per litter within 3 days	Average piglet’s gain at 3 days, kg	Total weight of the weaned litter, kg
Observations, n	81	81	53
Breed, P-value ¹	0.014	0.030	0.007
Breed, means ± SE
Duroc	1.30 ± 0.49	0.444 ± 0.053	61.1 ± 5.0
Landrace	0.01 ± 0.42	0.342 ± 0.046	79.9 ± 4.2
Large White	1.05 ± 0.35	0.455 ± 0.038	73.9 ± 3.5
Season, P-value	0.511	0.341	0.004
No. of pigs born alive, P-value	< 0.0001	0.752	0.005
Coefficient ± SE	0.316 ± 0.069	–	2.28 ± 0.78
Cluster, P-value	0.285	0.063	0.027
Cluster number, means ± SE
1	1.02 ± 0.23	0.417 ± 0.023	62.8 ± 2.5
2	0.64 ± 0.54	0.383 ± 0.056	65.2 ± 5.5
3	1.26 ± 1.06	0.494 ± 0.109	80.1 ± 10.2
4	0.23 ± 0.38	0.304 ± 0.038²	78.5 ± 4.8²

¹Statistical significance. ²Contrast: cluster 1 vs. cluster 4 differed for P < 0.05

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