Table 3.

Growth performance of nursery pigs fed diets with SPC, enzyme-treated soy protein, and fermented soybean meal replacing animal protein supplements^a

Item	Treatment					SEM	P value
	CON	SPCb	ESBb	FSBLb	FSBBb		CON vs. SPC	CON vs. ESB	CON vs. FSBL	CON vs. FSBB
BW, kg
d 0	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	0.3	0.862	0.914	0.948	0.931
d 7	7.3	7.1	7.1	6.8	7.2	0.2	0.394	0.370	0.035	0.592
d 20	12.0	11.3	11.5	11.0	11.6	0.4	0.177	0.389	0.050	0.414
d 39	26.1	24.6	25.0	24.1	25.3	0.8	0.122	0.230	0.038	0.381
ADG, g
Phase 1 (d 0 to 7)	95	66	65	26	77	25	0.349	0.337	0.029	0.561
Phase 2 (d 7 to 20)	363	324	333	322	340	21	0.194	0.325	0.168	0.439
Phase 3 (d 20 to 39)	744	702	698	691	722	27	0.159	0.125	0.078	0.456
Overall (d 0 to 39)	500	462	458	449	479	18	0.116	0.208	0.036	0.375
ADFI, g
Phase 1 (d 0 to 7)	141	116	118	92	131	16	0.212	0.260	0.017	0.605
Phase 2 (d 7 to 20)	494	438	456	410	463	29	0.170	0.359	0.043	0.452
Phase 3 (d 20 to 39)	1036	938	958	966	987	58	0.131	0.237	0.279	0.451
Overall (d 0 to 39)	695	624	641	624	659	36	0.094	0.215	0.095	0.395
G:F
Phase 1 (d 0 to 7)	0.60	0.69	0.58	0.57	0.63	0.10	0.475	0.824	0.880	0.829
Phase 2 (d 7 to 20)	0.74	0.74	0.73	0.79	0.74	0.03	0.985	0.902	0.148	0.875
Phase 3 (d 20 to 39)	0.72	0.76	0.73	0.72	0.75	0.02	0.287	0.888	0.979	0.457
Overall (d 0 to 39)	0.72	0.75	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.02	0.447	0.967	0.973	0.618

^an = 12

^bSPC, ESB, FSBL, and FSBB: basal diet with soy protein concentrate (X-Soy 200, CJ Selecta, Araguari, MG, Brazil), enzyme-treated soybean meal (HP 300, Hamlet Protein Inc., Findlay, OH, USA), fermented soybean meal with Lactobacillus (FerMex 200, Purina Animal Nutrition, Shoreview, SD, USA), and fermented soybean meal with Bacillus (Soytide, CJ Bio, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea), replacing 1/3, 2/3, 3/3 of animal protein supplements in P1, P2, P3, respectively