Table 2.

Significant postnatal survival indicators (means and SE) comparing surviving piglets with those dying during the neonatal period (adapted from Baxter et al., 2008)

Traits	Surviving (±SE)	Dying (±SE)	P-value
Piglet traits
Crown-rump length, cm	28 (±0.26)	25 (±0.90)	<0.001
Birth weight, g	1485 (±30.25)	1176 (±79.35)	<0.001
24 h weight, g	1584 (±34.1)	1035 (±70.2)	<0.001
Birth temperature, oC	37.70 (±0.13)	36.47 (±0.61)	0.012
1 h temperature, oC	37.94 (±0.10)	36.70 (±0.48)	0.002
2 h temperature, oC	38.02 (±0.07)	37.54 (±0.33)	0.047
3 h temperature, oC	38.02 (±0.06)	37.53 (±0.13)	0.010
24 h temperature, oC	38.29 (±0.07)	37.58 (±0.26)	0.004
Piglet behavioral traits
Vitality score	2.28 (±0.06)	1.77 (±0.20)	0.017
Rooting response, m	1.42 (±0.10)	0.47 (±0.17)	<0.001
Latency to teat, min	22 (±1.24)	34 (±6.52)	0.025
Latency to suckle, min	29 (±1.67)	53 (±8.32)	<0.001