An experiment was conducted to evaluate the wet feeding and water and rations with sweetener for piglets weaned and its effects on performance at 50kg live weight. Thirty two Large white x Landrace, castrated male piglets weaned at 21 days and allocated during the initital phase 1 (21 to 42 days of age) were used in 8 treatments that were combinations with different types of diet (dry and wet), sweetener in the diet (with and without) and two types of drinking water (with and without sweetener). Diarrhea incidence at 10 days after weaning, daily weight gain, daily ration intake and feed convertion up to 90kg were evaluated. Daily water intake was evaluated during the initial phase I. A randomized block design to study the factorial 2³ arrangement was used, with four replications. Means were compared by the Tukey test and diarrhea incidence by the chi-square test. The results showed significant differences (P<0.05) in daily water intake for dry diet and daily ration intake for water with sweetener. Diarrhea incidence was significantly greater (P<0.05) for dry diet than others treatments. The performance was similar (P>0.05) between factors up to 90kg live weight. The experiment indicated that the treatments applied to weaned piglets were insufficient to improve the performance at 90kg live weight.
swine; wet feeding; water; sweetener; diarrhea
