Table 1.
Number of animals or litters of four different breed types weighed at two locations in three outdoor trials*
| Trial 1
|
Trial 2
|
Trial 3
|
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS | NCA&T | CEFS | NCA&T | CEFS | NCA&T | |||
| BY | IBW | - | - | - | 61 | - | 41 | 102 |
| LBW | - | - | - | 8 | - | 4 | 12 | |
| IWW | - | 28 | 25 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 173 | |
| LWW | - | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | |
| BWM | - | 28 | 25 | 28 | 24 | - | 105 | |
| BWF | - | - | - | 28 | - | 23 | 51 | |
| LBY | IBW | - | - | - | 53 | - | - | 53 |
| LBW | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| IWW | - | 26 | 21 | 28 | - | - | 75 | |
| LWW | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 12 | |
| BWM | - | 26 | 21 | 28 | - | - | 75 | |
| BWF | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | 27 | |
| TY | IBW | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 39 |
| LBW | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| IWW | - | - | - | - | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| LWW | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| BWM | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 16 | |
| BWF | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | |
| YY | IBW | - | - | - | 59 | - | 30 | 89 |
| LBW | - | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | 9 | |
| IWW | - | 29 | 22 | 35 | 33 | 21 | 140 | |
| LWW | - | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | |
| BWM | - | 29 | 22 | 7 | 25 | - | 83 | |
| BWF | - | - | - | 7 | - | 8 | 15 | |
| Total | IBW | - | - | - | 173 | - | 110 | 283 |
| LBW | - | - | - | 21 | - | 11 | 32 | |
| IWW | - | 83 | 68 | 105 | 91 | 76 | 423 | |
| LWW | - | 18 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 72 | |
| BWM | - | 83 | 68 | 63 | 65 | - | 279 | |
| BWF | - | - | - | 63 | - | 43 | 106 | |
*
Weights collected included: IBW = Individual birth weight; LBW = Litter birth weight; IWW = Individual weaning weight; LWW = Litter weaning weight; BWM = Body weight collected manually; BWF = Body weight collected by a FIRE system. Locations were the Cherry Research Farm, Center for Environmental Farming System (CEFS) alternative swine unit and North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T) farm. Breed types were Berkshire×Yorkshire (BY); Large Black×Yorkshire (LBY); Tamworth×Yorkshire (TY) and Yorkshire×Yorkshire (YY).