Table 2.

Experimental design: dietary regimens for the pigs born from two groups of sires with medium and high weight gain potentials

Sire group		Grower				Finisher
	Plane of nutrition (PN)	Phase 1		Phase 2		PN	Phase 1		Phase 2
		Diet1)	Days	Diet1)	Days		Diet1)	Days2)	Diet1)	Days2)
Medium weight gain potential	High (H)	H	26	H	29	H	H	28 or 29	M	38 to 42
	Medium (M)	M	27	M	29
	Low (L)	L	29	L	28	L	L	35 or 36	L	45 or 46
High weight gain potential	H	H	26	H	29	M	M	30 or 31	L	37 or 38
	M	M	27	M	29
	L	L	29	L	28	L	L	37	L	38

¹⁾See Table  1 for the nutritional composition of the diets for the high (H)-, medium (M)-, and low (L)-planes of nutrition during each phase.

²⁾See Tables  4 and 5 for more details.