Effects of genotype, gestation length and litter size on the birth weight, litter weight, pre- and post-weaning weight of crossbred kits

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Table 4 Effect of litter size on body weight of crossbred kits

Litter size	INDBW (g)	LITBW (g)	BW21 (g)	BW35 (g)
2	148.75 ± 39.42^a	297.50 ± 78.81^b	318.00 ± 44.75^a	454.50 ± 63.23^a
3	119.33 ± 2.03^b	358.00 ± 0.00^ab	275.67 ± 2.85^b	420.00 ± 6.51^ab
4	92.60 ± 1.63^c	334.20 ± 25.80^b	253.00 ± 3.82^c	375.60 ± 11.54^bc
5	90.76 ± 1.85^c	366.00 ± 22.68^ab	245.56 ± 5.18^c	375.76 ± 8.64^bc
6	72.77 ± 1.06^d	390.80 ± 15.58^ab	215.83 ± 3.53^d	330.50 ± 8.33^cd
7	69.93 ± 0.93^d	440.96 ± 20.80^a	209.57 ± 3.70^d	319.11 ± 9.22^d

INDBW individual birth weight, LITBW litter birth weight, BW21 body weight at 21st day, BW35 body weight at 35th day
a, b, c, d means with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different at P < 0.05