Table 4.

Effects of reproductive stage on reproductive performance of sows exposed to incrementally increasing T_DB

Characteristics1	Reproductive stage		SEM	P-value
	Late-gestation2	Mid-gestation3		R4
Born	17.06	15.78	7.41	0.48
Born alive	15.55	15.04	6.76	0.76
Stillborn	0.53	0.18	0.25	0.31
Dead (crushed)	0.77	0.26	0.27	0.19
Dead (other)	0.27	0.25	0.22	0.94
Birth weight, kg	2.19	2.13	0.03	0.46
Weaning weight, kg	5.88	4.90	1.01	0.25

¹Litter basis.

² n = 12 sows.

³ n = 13 sows.

⁴Reproductive stage.