Table 2.
Experiment 1. Bedding level by pig measure LSMeans (±SE) measured 1 during unloading for market weight pigs 2.
| Bags of Bedding 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pig Measure | 3 n = 48 |
6 n = 32 |
p-Value | R2 |
| Surface temperature, °C | 32.9 ± 0.3 | 33.1 ± 0.3 | 0.58 | 0.47 |
| Vocalizations | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 2.2 ± 0.5 | 0.50 | 0.10 |
| Slips and falls, % of pigs counted | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 0.28 | 0.13 |
| Stress signs, % of pigs counted | 0.1 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.4 | <0.01 | 0.20 |
1 Pig measures were surface temperature (ST), vocalizations, slips and falls, and stress signs. ST was measure on 10 pigs/load with a dual laser infrared thermometer laterally midline. Vocalizations, slips and falls, and stress signs were tallied for 100 pigs/load; 2 Based on 80 trailer loads of market weight pigs; 3 0.2 m2 bags of wood shavings.