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Table 2.

Growth performance of piglets.

Item	Dietary treatment groups¹					SEM	P-value
Item	Control	Diquat	LSQ	MSQ	HSQ	SEM	P-value
Day 0 to 14
Day 1 BW, kg	9.30	9.31	9.31	9.32	9.31	0.057	1.000
ADFI, g	543.57	542.05	549.91	573.75	576.34	10.003	0.717
ADG, g	374.55	370.09	381.25	403.57	408.04	5.892	0.138
F:G ratio	1.45	1.46	1.44	1.42	1.41	0.008	0.315
Day 14 BW, kg	14.54	14.49	14.64	14.97	15.02	0.134	0.635
Day 14 to 28
ADFI, g	1020.98	1021.79	1034.55	1118.04	1115.63	19.085	0.240
ADG, g	556.70^b	556.34^b	573.21^ab	642.41^a	631.70^a	11.482	0.022
F:G ratio	1.84^a	1.84^a	1.81^abc	1.74^c	1.77^bc	0.012	0.011
Day 28 BW, kg	22.34	22.28	22.67	23.96	23.86	0.277	0.123
Day 0 to 28
ADFI, g	782.28	781.92	792.23	845.89	845.99	13.649	0.319
ADG, g	465.63^b	463.21^b	477.23^ab	522.99^a	519.87^a	8.203	0.027
F:G ratio	1.68^a	1.69^a	1.66^ab	1.61^b	1.63^b	0.009	0.013
Day 28 to 35
ADFI, g	1210.36^a	922.50^c	930.54^c	934.46^c	1030.18^b	20.157	<0.01
ADG, g	643.75^a	392.68^d	405.36^d	437.50^c	525.89^b	15.586	<0.01
F:G ratio	1.88^c	2.35^a	2.29^a	2.13^b	1.96^c	0.032	<0.01
Day 35 BW, kg	26.84^ab	25.03^b	25.51^b	27.03^ab	27.54^a	0.316	0.048

BW = body weight; ADFI = average daily feed intake; ADG = average daily gain; F:G ratio = feed-to-gain ratio.

Data were presented as means and SEM (n = 8). Means without a common superscript differ at P < 0.05.

Control, basal diet; Diquat, 10 mg/kg BW diquat; LSQ, 10 mg/kg BW diquat + 500 mg/kg squalene in basal diet; MSQ, 10 mg/kg BW diquat + 1000 mg/kg squalene in basal diet; HSQ, 10 mg/kg BW diquat + 2000 mg/kg squalene in basal diet.