Table 3.
Mean values for piglet BW, ADG and ADFI before weaning for three different weaning treatments
| Treatment2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day1 | CW | IS | ISCo | SEM |
| BW, kg | ||||
| D −17 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.14 |
| D −7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 0.22 |
| D −4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0.22 |
| D 0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 0.23 |
| ADG, g | ||||
| D −17 to −7 | 265 | 278 | 272 | 8.76 |
| D −7 to −4 | 283 | 229 | 270 | 19.44 |
| D −4 to 0 | 267 | 253 | 251 | 12.84 |
| ADFI3,g | ||||
| D −7 to 0 | 7a ± 2.1 | 15a ± 2.1 | 22b ± 3.0 | |
1Day = day in relation to weaning with weaning = d 0, d −25 is the day on which most the litters were born
2CW = conventional weaning (n = 10), IS = intermittent suckling (n = 10), ISCo = intermittent suckling with co-mingling (n = 10)
3D −17 to −7 ADFI included as covariate in analysis
abValues within a row not having the same superscript are significantly different