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Effects of feeding frequency on within pen variation in performance (least square means ± standard errors) |
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| Within pen variation |
Control group |
Treatment group |
Sign. |
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| Daily weight gain, g |
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| Entire period, g |
96 (± 5.94) |
92 (± 5.94) |
n.s. |
| Start – 60 kg |
120 (± 6.46) |
103 (± 6.46) |
n.s. |
| 60 kg – slaughter |
165 (± 25.34) |
121 (± 25.34) |
n.s. |
| Feeding period, days |
13 (± 0.73) |
16 (± 0.73) |
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| Lean meat content, % |
2.4 (± 0.18) |
2.9 (± 0.18) |
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| Gastric lesions, score |
1.4 (± 0.07) |
1.7 (± 0.07) |
* |
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Level of significance: n.s. = p > 0.05; * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.010; *** = p < 0.001. | |||
Persson et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:24 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-24 |
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