. 2021 Apr 5;5(3):txab060. doi: 10.1093/tas/txab060

Table 2.

Least-squares means for the effect of Intervention Treatment on the rectal temperature of piglets over the first 24 h after birth

	Intervention Treatment¹
Item	Control	Warming	Drying+ Warming	SEM	P-value
Number of litters	15	15	15	—	—
Piglet rectal temperature, °C
Time after birth, min
0	39.12	39.14	39.02	0.036	0.33
10	37.38^b	37.90^a	38.08^a	0.036	<0.0001
20	36.79^c	37.67^b	38.12^a	0.036	<0.0001
30	36.66^c	37.76^b	38.28^a	0.036	<0.0001
45	36.92^c	37.73^b	38.42^a	0.036	<0.0001
60	37.32^c	37.94^b	38.57^a	0.036	<0.0001
120	38.09^b	38.35^b	38.75^a	0.036	<0.0001
1,440	38.76^b	39.01^a	38.84^ab	0.038	0.02

^a,b,cWithin a row, means with differing superscripts differ (P ≤ 0.05).

¹Control = no treatment; Warming = placed in a plastic box under a heat lamp for 30 min; Drying+Warming = dried with desiccant and placed in a plastic box under a heat lamp for 30 min.