Table 2. The effects of pre-weaning environmental enrichment-based materials on growth performance in pigs
| Control1) | WBW-1 | WBW-2 | SEM | p-value |
X2) | O | X | O | X | O | BWN | AWN | Interaction |
Phase 1 (d 0–14) |
ADG (kg) | 281.92 | 304.04 | 286.59 | 335.63 | 283.28 | 322.32 | 19.87 | 0.444 | 0.003 | 0.630 |
ADFI (kg) | 401.85 | 436.22 | 413.09 | 484.37 | 410.77 | 465.58 | 29.39 | 0.363 | 0.004 | 0.677 |
G/F | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.01 | 0.653 | 0.934 | 0.909 |
Phase 2 (d 15–28) |
ADG (kg) | 398.02 | 438.48 | 406.26 | 437.78 | 414.97 | 440.64 | 28.55 | 0.872 | 0.038 | 0.921 |
ADFI (kg) | 620.85 | 643.42 | 622.37 | 648.45 | 633.47 | 637.46 | 38.31 | 0.812 | 0.001 | 0.148 |
G/F | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.04 | 0.903 | 0.155 | 0.948 |
Overall (d 0–28) |
ADG (kg) | 339.97 | 368.88 | 346.42 | 386.70 | 349.13 | 381.48 | 12.21 | 0.304 | < 0.001 | 0.791 |
ADFI (kg) | 511.35 | 535.65 | 517.73 | 566.41 | 522.12 | 551.52 | 14.35 | 0.164 | < 0.001 | 0.430 |
G/F | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.02 | 0.946 | 0.093 | 0.920 |
Control, no environmental enrichment installation during lactation; WBW-1, environmental enrichment installation 1 week before weaning; WBW-2, environmental enrichment installation 2 weeks before weaning.
X, without object installation as environmental enrichment after weaning; O, with object installation as environmental enrichment after weaning.
ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G/F, feed efficiency.