Table 1.
Birth body weight and the effect of colostrum intake at a rate of 10% (COL10) and 20% (COL20) over the first 24 h after birth on weight (day 1) and average daily gain (ADG; birth to day 1), and weight and average daily gain one day following the return to birth litter (day 2 and day 1–2), weight and growth to study termination (day 7; day 2 to 7 and birth to day 7) and postnatal day 7 crown rump length.
| COL10 | COL20 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Day Postnatal | Mean | Std Error | Mean | Std Error | p |
| weight (Kg) | birth | 1.48 | 0.08 | 1.51 | 0.07 | ns |
| day 1 | 1.49 | 0.06 | 1.65 | 0.08 | ns | |
| day 2 | 1.52 | 0.07 | 1.66 | 0.10 | ns | |
| day 7 | 2.40 | 0.21 | 2.54 | 0.27 | ns | |
| Crown-rump (cm) | day 7 | 28.43 | 2.69 | 29.29 | 2.91 | ns |
| ADG (Kg) | birth-day 1 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| day 1 to 2 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | ns | |
| day 2 to 7 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.02 | ns | |
| birth to day 7 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.03 | ns | |