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. 2018 Oct 23;31(12):1956–1962. doi: 10.5713/ajas.17.0844

Table 4.

Effect of supplementation of different creep feed types during lactating period on piglet performance after weaning

Items Treatment SEM p-value

Creep Weaner Sow
Body weight (kg)
 At weaning 7.87 7.38 7.53 0.170 0.48
 Day 14 10.91 11.04 10.76 0.210 0.87
 Day 35 19.74 19.94 20.19 0.302 0.83
Average daily weight gain (kg)
 Day 0 to 14 217B 261A 231AB 7.0 0.03
 Day 14 to 35 421 424 449 7.5 0.23
 Overall 339 359 362 6.0 0.24
Average daily feed intake (kg)
 Day 0 to 14 328B 369A 333B 6.7 0.02
 Day 14 to 35 784 799 814 12.0 0.60
 Overall 602 627 621 8.8 0.46
Gain/feed ratio
 Day 0 to 14 0.65 0.70 0.67 0.010 0.23
 Day 14 to 35 0.53b 0.53b 0.55a 0.003 0.06
 Overall 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.003 0.14

SEM, standard error of the mean.

A,B

Means in the same row with different superscript letters were significantly different (p<0.05).

a,b

Means in the same row with different superscript letters were significantly different (p<0.10).