Table 2.

Effect of treatment and period on thermoregulatory parameters

Item	Normal Feeding	Restricted Feeding	RSD1	Significant effect2
Number of pigs	17	27
Rectal Temperature, °C
P1	39.6a	39.5a	0.2	R***, P***, PxT**
P2	39.4a	39.1b
P3	38.7c	39.0b
Skin Temperature, °C
P1	36.6a	36.5a	1.0	R*, B**, T*, P***, PxT*
P2	35.7b	34.6c
P3	36.3a,b	36.3a,b

^a−c Within a period, means with a different superscript letter differ, P < 0.05

¹Residual Standard Deviation

²From an analysis of variance with a linear mixed model including the effects of Treatment (T), Breed (B), Period (P), Replicate (R), and their interactions as fixed effect. Statistical significance: ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, †P ≤ 0.10