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. 2014 Jul 25;4(3):476–493. doi: 10.3390/ani4030476

Table 5.

Experiment 1. Effects of bedding level on trailers transporting market weight pigs on transport losses 1.

Transport Losses, Pigs per Trailer Bags of Bedding 2
3
n = 88		 6
n = 43		 p-Value R2
NA 0.02 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.05 0.10 0.03
Dead 0.11 ± 0.04 0.13 ± 0.06 0.67 0.07
TTL 0.14 ± 0.04 0.22 ± 0.07 0.24 0.08

1 Processing facility employees identified dead (sum of euthanized- and dead on arrival) and non-ambulatory pigs (sum of fatigued and injured). Total transport losses were defined as the summation of dead and non-ambulatory pigs; 2 Based on 131 trailer loads of market weight pigs; 3 0.2 m2 bags of wood shavings.