Table 2.

Technical characteristics of the whole sample and the two identified groups with different levels of growing-finishing performance as defined by the hierarchical cluster analysis (mean and standard deviation [sd])

	Overall sample (41 herds)		Group 1 (24 herds)		Group 2 (17 herds)		p-valuea
	mean	sd	mean	sd	Mean	sd
Average daily weight gain from 8 to 115 kg (g/day)	754.00	41.61	781.08	26.28	715.76	26.50	< 0.01
Feed conversion ratio from 8 to 115 kg (kg/kg)	2.53	0.13	2.48	0.08	2.60	0.14	< 0.01
Mortality from 8 to 115 kg (%)	5.21	1.99	4.09	0.93	6.79	2.03	< 0.01
Carcass slaughter weight (kg)	119.78	4.91	121.22	5.21	117.75	3.58	< 0.01

^aComparison between group 1 and group 2, Kruskal-Wallis test, p < 0.05