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. 2021 Dec 31;12(1):94. doi: 10.3390/ani12010094

Table 5.

Descriptive statistics of farrowing duration and litter size of different parities.

Parities Number of Litters Farrowing Duration (Minute) CV (%) 1 TNB 2 NBA 3 NBD 4
1 89 212.65 d ± 61.90 29.12% 10.83 c ± 2.35 10.59 c ± 2.34 0.16 c ± 0.40
2 6915 243.01 c ± 67.68 27.85% 11.45 b ± 2.51 11.17 b ± 2.48 0.23 b ± 0.53
3 7477 247.23 bc ± 67.23 27.19% 11.89 a ± 2.42 11.59 a ± 2.40 0.24 b ± 0.55
4 5078 250.23 bc ± 65.84 26.31% 11.99 a ± 2.44 11.66 a ± 2.39 0.26 ab ± 0.60
5 3559 251.10 bc ± 67.23 26.79% 11.81 a ± 2.42 11.51 a ± 2.39 0.26 ab ± 0.60
6 3065 252.01 b ± 68.35 27.12% 11.52 b ± 2.34 11.20 b ± 2.33 0.26 ab ± 0.56
7 6018 260.40 a ± 68.02 26.12% 11.03 c ± 2.38 10.65 c ± 2.34 0.32 a ± 0.65

1 CV represents coefficient of variation of duration of farrowing. a–d Values within a column with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05. 2 TNB represents total number of born. 3 NBA represents number born alive. 4 NBD represents number born dead.