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. 2015 Feb 25;3(2):e12315. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12315

Table 1.

Effects of pair-feeding or heat stress on body temperature indices and feed intake.

Day SEM P
P1* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Trt1 Day TXD2
Tr3, °C
 PFTN4 39.32 39.08c 38.95b 38.92b 38.74a 38.82ab 38.83ab 38.82ab 38.82ab 0.10 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
 HS5 39.36 40.06d 40.73g 40.50f 40.31e 40.26de 40.29de 40.27de 40.26de 0.12
RR, bpm6
 PFTN 40 34b 23a 21a 21a 19a 22a 24a 22a 4 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
 HS 32 88c 118f 98de 100de 96cd 105e 98de 92de 5
FI7, kg
 PFTN 2.01 1.20x 1.16x 1.20x 1.15x 1.19x 1.18x 1.55y 1.23x 0.05 0.75 <0.01 0.99
 HS 1.97 1.19x 1.14x 1.19x 1.14x 1.18x 1.16x 1.53y 1.21x 0.06
1

Treatment.

2

Treatment by day interaction.

3

Rectal temperature.

4

Pair-fed thermoneutral.

5

Heat stress.

6

Respiration rate, breaths per minute.

7

Feed intake.

8

*Represents period 1 values that were statistically used as covariate.

a–fMeans with different superscript differ ( 0.05).

x,yDays with different superscript differ ( 0.05).