Table 1.

Prestudy physical examination data for all pigs by treatment group

	Groupa	Mean ± SEM	P
Weight (kg)			0.90
	Treatment	27.8 ± 2.3
	Control	28.2 ± 2.8
Temperature (°C)			0.09
	Treatment	38.9 ± 0.10
	Control	39.2 ± 0.11
Heart rate (bpm)			0.02
	Treatment	118.8 ± 6.9
	Control	151.3 ± 11.0
Respiratory rate (breaths per min)			0.12
	Treatment	43.2 ± 3.3
	Control	50.7 ± 3.3
Age (d)			0.97
	Treatment	82.2 ± 4.6
	Control	82.4 ± 5.2

^an = 10 for treatment group; n = 9 for control group.