Table 1.
Timepoint | Vaccinated pigs | Control pigs | Mean difference, kg (SE)* | P-value* | ||
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n | Weight in kg, average (SD)# | n | Weight in kg, average (SD)# | |||
Weaning | 962 | 7.1 (1.2) | 960 | 6.9 (1.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.697 |
Delivery to finishing unit | 861 | 24.1 (7.0) | 923 | 22.9 (6.9) | 1.2 (0.4) | 0.002 |
Slaughter | 800 | 103.9 (13.8) | 800 | 100.3 (12.3) | 3.6 (0.4) | < 0.001 |
Vaccinated piglets received an oral dose of L. intracellularis vaccine at the age of 3 weeks; control pigs were untreated
n number of pigs
#Descriptive data, * based on the linear mixed model for weight