. 2023 Sep 14;7(1):txad111. doi: 10.1093/tas/txad111

Table 4.

Effect of dietary treatment and period on starter pig performance

	Treatment^a
Item	NC	BZA	BC50	AGP	SEM^b	P-value
Initial BW, kg	8.53	9.11	8.55	8.71	0.41	0.74
Period 1 BW, kg	9.77	10.41	9.87	10.48	0.41	0.52
Period 2 BW, kg	17.14	17.81	17.78	19.14	0.61	0.15
Period 1^a
ADG, g/d	178^†	179^†	185^†	253^{^*}	17	0.012
ADFI, g/d	295^†	310^†	300^†	373^{^*}	21	0.006
G:F, g/g	0.60	0.58	0.60	0.68	0.05	0.33
Period 2^a
ADG, g/d	534^†	533^†	562^*,†	620^*	31	0.009
ADFI, g/d	801^†	859^*,†	846^*,†	940^*	27	0.010
G:F, g/g	0.67^*	0.62^†	0.66^*	0.66^*	0.03	0.04
Period 1 + Period 2^a
ADG, g/d	401^†	398^†	420^†	482^*	23	0.002
ADFI, g/d	612^†	648^*,†	639^†	728^*	23	0.007
G:F, g/g	0.66^*	0.62^†	0.66^*	0.66^*	0.03	0.007

^aPigs were fed experimental diets at weaning (28 d age) for 21 d. Treatments: NC: negative control (no additive); BZA: benzoic acid (0.60%); BC50: Benzocal-50 (0.20%); AGP: antibiotic growth promoter (Carbadox, 50 ppm). Period: period 1 = 7 d; period 2 = 14 d.

^bMaximum value for the standard error of the mean.

^*,†Means without a common superscript differ after Tukey multiple comparison test, P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: G:F: gain-to-feed.