Table 3
Effect of dry feeding and liquid feeding on litter performance in lactating sows

Criteria	Treatment		SEM a	P-value
	Dry feeding	Liquid feeding
No. of piglets
After cross-fostering	13.00	12.93	0.242	0.89
Day 21 of lactation	11.73	11.40	0.196	0.40
Litter weight, kg
After cross-fostering	19.41	19.29	0.571	0.92
Day 21 of lactation	64.63	57.16	1.985	0.06
Weight gain (0-21d)	45.22	37.87	1.781	0.04
Piglet weight, kg
After cross-fostering	1.50	1.49	0.040	0.84
Day 21 of lactation	5.51	5.05	0.161	0.16
Weight gain (0-21d)	4.00	3.56	0.153	0.15