Table 3.

Effect of water flow rate on Study 1 finishing pig performance¹.

	Water flow rate setting
	Low	Medium	High	SEM	P-value
Item
Avg water flow rate (mL/min)	508	906	1856
Standard deviation	100	214	188
Initial BW, kg	35.11	34.99	35.04	0.80	0.994
Period 1, d 0–25
BW, kg	54.96	55.37	56.29	1.05	0.614
ADG, kg/d	0.82b	0.85ab	0.87a	0.01	0.040
ADFI, kg/d	1.46b	1.51ab	1.59a	0.04	0.049
G:F	0.59	0.59	0.57	0.02	0.676
Period 2, d 25–53
BW, kg	78.49	78.44	79.98	1.31	0.548
ADG, kg/d	0.85	0.84	0.86	0.01	0.528
ADFI, kg/d	2.21b	2.24ab	2.34a	0.04	0.011
G:F	0.38a	0.38ab	0.37b	0.004	0.037
Period 3, d 53–77
BW d 77, kg	103.18	103.24	105.91	1.35	0.251
ADG, kg/d	1.00	1.01	1.05	0.02	0.120
ADFI, kg/d	2.81	2.79	2.89	0.05	0.206
G:F	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.01	0.897
Period 1-3, d 0–77
ADG, kg/d	0.88	0.88	0.91	0.01	0.203
ADFI, kg/d	2.16b	2.18ab	2.27a	0.04	0.024
G:F	0.41	0.40	0.40	0.004	0.278

Pigs were assigned to one of three water settings with 22 pens per treatment and 6 pigs per pen.

Least square means in the same row with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05).