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. 2014 Jul;27(7):965–973. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13416

Table 9.

Effects of CuSO4 and Cu(HMTBa)2 on performance in grower-finisher pigs (Exp. 3) 1,2

Treatments mg/kg CuSO4 Cu(HMTBa)2 SEM p-value
4 160 20 40 80 160 Treatment Linear Quadratic
Body weight (kg)
 d 0 32.29 32.42 32.52 32.33 32.22 32.40 0.29 0.98 - -
 d 21 52.57 52.58 52.52 52.60 52.54 52.56 0.30 1.00 0.99 0.99
 d 42 72.16 73.43 72.00 71.75 72.41 72.88 0.42 0.08 0.89 0.99
 d 62 89.45 90.54 89.35 89.52 89.38 90.27 0.43 0.24 0.88 0.75
 d 80 101.69 101.88 100.69 100.92 101.98 102.48 0.57 0.24 0.96 0.75
 d 100 117.54 117.86 117.28 118.22 119.67 118.91 0.60 0.07 0.14 0.25
d 0 to 21
 ADG (kg) 0.967 0.960 0.952 0.960 0.968 0.956 0.007 0.62 0.36 0.37
 ADFI (kg) 1.899 1.865 1.870 1.865 1.881 1.874 0.015 0.61 0.83 0.85
 Gain:feed 0.511 0.516 0.509 0.516 0.513 0.510 0.004 0.67 0.55 0.51
d 21 to 42
 ADG (kg) 0.932bcd 0.988a 0.927cd 0.907d 0.947bc 0.961ab 0.011 <0.01 0.65 0.95
 ADFI (kg) 2.405bc 2.486a 2.411bc 2.363c 2.418abc 2.445ab 0.026 0.04 0.95 0.82
 Gain:feed 0.389abc 0.398a 0.384c 0.385bc 0.394ab 0.394ab 0.003 0.04 0.19 0.32
d 42 to 62
 ADG (kg) 0.865 0.849 0.868 0.889 0.847 0.873 0.011 0.11 0.26 0.27
 ADFI (kg) 2.561 2.555 2.536 2.553 2.525 2.555 0.026 0.92 0.83 0.80
 Gain:feed 0.339 0.335 0.343 0.350 0.335 0.343 0.004 0.16 0.36 0.40
d 62 to 80
 ADG (kg) 0.680ab 0.630bc 0.619c 0.634bc 0.699a 0.665abc 0.017 0.02 <0.01 <0.01
 ADFI (kg) 2.434 2.391 2.386 2.277 2.459 2.458 0.008 0.12 0.46 0.62
 Gain:feed 0.280 0.263 0.258 0.289 0.285 0.271 0.01 0.31 0.19 0.19
d 80 to 100
 ADG (kg) 0.835 0.791 0.816 0.837 0.876 0.821 0.02 0.10 0.06 0.06
 ADFI (kg) 2.340 2.266 2.332 2.399 2.343 2.292 0.05 0.58 0.74 0.60
 Gain:feed 0.358 0.350 0.351 0.350 0.374 0.359 0.007 0.16 0.09 0.11
d 0 to 100
 ADG (kg) 0.858 0.852 0.840 0.856 0.872 0.857 0.007 0.07 <0.01 <0.01
 ADFI (kg) 2.315 2.308 2.303 2.289 2.319 2.317 0.015 0.75 0.81 0.89
 Gain:feed 0.370 0.371 0.365 0.373 0.378 0.369 0.003 0.10 0.05 0.05
a,b,c,d

Means in a row with no common superscripts significantly differ (p<0.05).

1

Values represent the means of 8 pens with 20 to 22 pigs per pen.

2

All pigs were fed a Cu deficient diet for the first 21 days (d 0 to 21).