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. 2013 Apr;26(4):579–587. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12612

Table 5.

Effect of energy level and β-mannanase supplementation on the performance of growing pigs (Exp. 2)1

3,250 kcal/kg DE 3,400 kcal/kg DE SEM2 p-value



0 U/kg mannanase 400 U/kg mannanase 0 U/kg mannanase 400 U/kg mannanase Energy Enzyme Interaction
Day 1 to 14
  Weight gain (g/d) 623 696 637 690 29.87 0.88 0.05 0.74
  Feed intake (g/d) 1677 1631 1,509 1,474 51.96 <0.01 0.45 0.92
  Feed efficiency 372 428 427 469 22.87 0.05 0.05 0.75
Day 15 to 28
  Weight gain (g/d) 668 826 708 905 40.51 0.16 <0.01 0.63
  Feed intake (g/d) 1,995 1,963 1,850 1,690 23.93 <0.01 0.10 0.27
  Feed efficiency 334 424 383 516 26.04 0.01 <0.01 0.37
Day 1 to 28
  Weight gain (g/d) 645 761 672 798 27.56 0.26 <0.01 0.86
  Feed intake (g/d) 1,836 1,798 1,679 1,582 41.13 <0.01 0.11 0.49
  Feed efficiency 353 424 401 505 18.12 <0.01 <0.01 0.38
1

Value represent means of six pens with six pigs per pen.

2

SEM = Standard error of the mean.