Table 3.
Growth performance during the growing season of adding silybin.
| Items | Groups | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | S400 | S800 | S1600 | ||
| Day 14–28 | |||||
| Average daily gain, g/d (ADG) | 90.698a | 99.896ab | 99.023ab | 102.430b | 0.185 |
| Average daily feed intake, g/d (ADFI) | 219.381 | 229.469 | 233.022 | 219.505 | 0.616 |
| Feed conversion rate (FCR) | 2.422a | 2.297a | 2.351a | 2.142b | 0.007 |
| Day 28–42 | |||||
| Average daily gain, g/d (ADG) | 111.746 | 99.444 | 100.000 | 102.698 | 0.483 |
| Average daily feed intake, g/d (ADFI) | 204.190 | 197.106 | 200.275 | 188.150 | 0.458 |
| Feed conversion rate (FCR) | 1.831 | 2.022 | 2.013 | 1.832 | 0.595 |
| Day 14–42 | |||||
| Average daily gain, g/d (ADG) | 99.833 | 104.353 | 99.512 | 103.123 | 0.194 |
| Average daily feed intake, g/d (ADFI) | 223.745 | 219.288 | 227.521 | 213.276 | 0.335 |
| Feed conversion rate (FCR) | 2.243abc | 2.102a | 2.286b | 2.068ac | 0.062 |
In the same row, values with different superscript indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).