Table 1.

Effect of creep feed offered during the last 10 d of lactation and the effect of starter 1 diet allowance offered after weaning on piglets’ BW, ADG, ADFI, and feed conversion ratio (FCR)

	Creep1		No creep2			P-values
	LL3	HL4	LL	HL	SEM	Creep/no creep	LL/HL	Interaction
No. of piglets/no. of pens	80/10	80/10	80/10	80/10
Body weight, kg
Weaning	9.68	9.57	9.55	9.45	0.083	0.990	0.884	0.952
1 wk after weaning	10.73	10.53	10.37	10.40	0.138	0.870	0.917	0.418
3 wk after weaning	17.05	17.25	16.39	17.09	0.233	0.539	0.991	0.288
6 wk after weaning	30.55	30.70	29.18	30.67	0.481	0.588	0.554	0.175
16 wk after weaning	87.81	88.10	85.82	89.08	1.092	0.628	0.015	0.185
Average daily gain, g
Wean—1 wk after wean	164	150	129	156	21.2	0.500	0.824	0.349
Wean—3 wk after wean	369	384	342	383	11.6	0.226	0.022	0.288
Wean—6 wk after wean	509	515	479	518	11.2	0.227	0.052	0.157
Wean—16 wk after wean	711	722	694	728	10.5	0.605	0.036	0.273
ADFI, g
Wean—1 wk after wean	210	199	169	178	9.7	0.004	0.910	0.290
Wean—3 wk after wean	430	419	400	407	11.2	0.070	0.859	0.434
Wean—6 wk after wean	741	723	702	716	16.8	0.180	0.890	0.356
Wean—16 wk after wean	1,496	1,495	1,484	1,515	28.7	0.895	0.602	0.591
FCR
Wean—1 wk after wean	1.55	2.33	1.79	1.16	0.534	0.393	0.889	0.194
Wean—3 wk after wean	1.17	1.10	1.18	1.07	0.029	0.766	0.005	0.489
Wean—6 wk after wean	1.46	1.40	1.47	1.38	0.027	0.915	0.013	0.576
Wean—16 wk after wean	2.11	2.07	2.14	2.08	0.024	0.340	0.054	0.664

¹Creep = creep feed offered during lactation.

²No creep = no creep feed offered during lactation.

³LL = pigs received 2 kg/pig of a starter 1 diet.

⁴HL = pigs received 6 kg/pig of a starter 1 diet.