Table 11.

Correlations between Ct values, growth performance, and removals and mortality in experiment 3¹

	Cycle threshold (Ct) value
	Week 1	Week 3	Week 5	Week 7
ADG, g	r = 0.44	r = 0.26	r = 0.04	r = −0.07
	P < 0.01	P < 0.10	P > 0.10	P > 0.10
ADFI, g	r = 0.33	r = 0.18	r = 0.10	r = 0.17
	P < 0.05	P > 0.10	P > 0.10	P > 0.10
G:F, g/kg	r = 0.18	r = 0.11	r = −0.04	r = −0.18
	P > 0.10	P > 0.10	P > 0.10	P > 0.10
Removals and mortality, %	r = −0.67	r = −0.30	r = 0.07	r = 0.09
	P < 0.01	P < 0.05	P > 0.10	P > 0.10

¹A total of 91,140 (Initially 5.1 ± 0.05 kg) were used with 40 rooms per treatment and ~1,100 pigs per room.