Table 3.

Effects of feeding frequency on growth performance in growing–finishing pigs.

Items	FA	M3	SEM	p-Values
Average initial body weight, kg	26.36	26.23	0.373	0.645
Average final body weight, kg	119.4	120.1	1.569	0.775
Average daily feed intake, kg
Day 1–28	1.682	1.616	0.015	0.008
Day 29–56	2.501	2.301	0.060	0.032
Day 57–84	2.849	2.711	0.020	<0.001
Day 85–112	3.334	3.128	0.060	0.026
Day 1–112	2.592	2.439	0.020	<0.001
Average daily weight gain, kg
Day 1–28	0.766	0.783	0.124	0.361
Day 29–56	0.872	0.884	0.019	0.662
Day 57–84	0.847	0.839	0.010	0.575
Day 85–112	0.834	0.845	0.017	0.649
Day 1–112	0.829	0.838	0.011	0.617
Feed-to-gain ratio
Day 1–28	2.199	2.067	0.042	0.042
Day 29–56	2.881	2.605	0.083	0.035
Day 57–84	3.365	3.232	0.036	0.024
Day 85–112	4.015	3.715	0.107	0.067
Day 1–112	3.130	2.912	0.046	0.005

Note: FA, pigs had free access to feed; M3, pigs were given three meals per day (06:00, 14:00, and 22:00 h); SEM, Standard error of means.