Table 4.

Effects of liquid feeding on growth performance and diarrhea rate in weanling pigs¹

Item	CON2	LF3	SEM	P
Initial BW, kg	6.98	6.99	0.15	0.973
Final BW, kg	8.26a	8.95b	0.22	0.013
ADG, g	183a	281b	13	<0.001
ADFI, g	245a	374b	14	<0.001
G:F	0.75	0.75	0.07	0.999
Diarrhea rate4, %	5.40	4.80	0.30	0.073

¹Values means n = 6 for CON and LF groups.

²CON = basal diet with dry feeding.

³LF = basal diet with liquid feeding.

⁴Diarrhea score (%) = A/(B × 7 d) × 100, where A = total number of piglets per pen with diarrhea and B = number of piglets per pen.

^a,bMeans within a row lacking a common superscript differ at P < 0.05.