Table 4. Effects of different farrowing facilities on litter size and litter weight of primiparous sows

Items CON LFP SEM p-value
Litter size (n)
 Total born 12.00 12.09 0.85 0.940
 Stillbirth 2.55 0.64 0.69 0.092
 Mummy 0.55 0.18 0.22 0.250
 Born alive 9.00 9.91 0.62 0.319
Litter weight (kg)
 Total born 13.82 13.56 1.08 0.869
 Born alive 12.59 12.25 1.32 0.867
Piglets weight (kg)
 Total born 1.17 1.11 0.06 0.519
 Born alive 1.37 1.26 0.11 0.478
Data represents means based on eleven primiparous sows per treatment.
CON, conventional farrowing facilities, LFP, loosed farrowing pens; SEM, standard error of means.