Table 2.
Sample metadata captureda.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Investigator | Last name of principal investigator of the study |
| Institution | Institution where research was performed |
| Rearing environment | Whether pigs were reared artificially or by the sow |
| Sex | Male or female |
| Stocking density | Number of pigs per cage/pen/unit |
| Light cycle | Number of hours of daylight provided |
| Light cycle start | Hour of the day lights were turned on |
| Light cycle end | Hour of the day lights were turned off |
| Diet code | Internal descriptor to denote dietary group |
| Diet name | Name of dietary treatment |
| Antibiotic-use | Name of injectable antibiotics used |
| Iron dextran | Description of the use of iron dextran shots |
| Source herd | The name of the farm animals were sourced from |
| Genetics | Name of the breed used |
| Electrolytes | Description of how electrolyte supplementation was used |
| Castration status | Description of whether male pigs were left intact or castrated |
| Delivery | Description of the birth delivery method |
| Rearing description | Long-text format description of rearing conditions |
| Feeding description | Long-text format description of feeding regimen |
| Feed Form | Description of the form of feed |
| Feed Base | Description of the base formulation of the diet |
| Water, % | % of water content of reconstituted milk replacer |
| Feed rate, g milk / kg bw | Amount of milk provided |
| Feeds per day | Number of times pigs were fed per day |
| Feed interval, hours | Number of hours between feeds |
| Feed start | Hour of the day feeding began |
| Feed end | Hour of the feeding ended |
| Publication URL | URL to the study publication |
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A more detailed list and description of metadata are available in a public repository accessible at [https://github.com/Traverse-Science/Pig-database].