Table 4.

Effects of pigs per feeder space on growing-finishing pig performance

Item	Pigs per feeder space			SEM	P value
	10	13	16		Linear	Quadratic
Growing phase
Day 0 weight, kg	27.5	27.5	27.5	3.061	0.877	0.829
ADG, kg	1.02	1.01	1.01	0.016	0.156	0.142
Dead/removed, %	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.987	0.848	0.793
Finishing phase
Day 70 weight, kg	99.0	98.5	98.1	2.041	0.244	0.158
ADG, kg	1.07	1.02	1.03	0.035	0.488	0.010
Day 100 final weight, kg	129.7	129.4	128.4	0.326	0.001	0.028
Dead/removed, %	1.1	1.3	1.3	0.865	0.799	0.575
Overall
ADG, kg/d	1.03	1.01	1.01	0.010	0.152	0.005
ADFI, kg/d	2.62	2.52	2.55	0.156	0.385	<0.0001
G:F	0.395	0.404	0.400	0.029	0.877	0.005
Dead/removed, %	2.6	3.2	2.9	1.000	0.950	0.568

Forty-two replicates per treatment with 816, 1,062, and 1,304 pigs, respectively, for the treatments with 10, 13, or 16 pigs per feeder space was used.