Table 4. Effects of different farrowing facilities on litter size and litter weight of primiparous sows.
Items | CON | LFP | SEM | p-value |
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Litter size (n) | ||||
Total born | 12.00 | 12.09 | 0.85 | 0.940 |
Stillbirth | 2.55 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.092 |
Mummy | 0.55 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.250 |
Born alive | 9.00 | 9.91 | 0.62 | 0.319 |
Litter weight (kg) | ||||
Total born | 13.82 | 13.56 | 1.08 | 0.869 |
Born alive | 12.59 | 12.25 | 1.32 | 0.867 |
Piglets weight (kg) | ||||
Total born | 1.17 | 1.11 | 0.06 | 0.519 |
Born alive | 1.37 | 1.26 | 0.11 | 0.478 |
Data represents means based on eleven primiparous sows per treatment.
CON, conventional farrowing facilities, LFP, loosed farrowing pens; SEM, standard error of means.