Table 4.
Piglet birth weight threshold values for preweaning mortality
Birth weight threshold value | Below threshold value | At or above threshold value | ||||
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Study | Change Point, kg | 95% confidence interval | Pigs, % | Mortality, % | Pigs, % | Mortality, % |
Bergstrom, 2011 | 1.09 | 0.64–1.73a | 13.9% | 22.9% | 86.1% | 7.4% |
Jourquin et al., 2015 | 1.13 | 0.71–1.21a | 16.8% | 45.7% | 83.2% | 9.1% |
Combined | 1.11 | 0.90–1.56a | 15.2% | 34.4% | 84.8% | 8.2% |
aValues derived from bootstrap simulations for the regression model.