Table 2.

Growth performance of weaned pigs fed dietary treatments¹

Item	Treatments2		SEM	p-value
	CON	PKE
Phase 1
Initial BW (kg)	6.87	7.02	0.24	0.67
Final BW (kg)	7.27	7.46	0.25	0.59
Feed intake (kg)	4.11	4.15	0.10	0.78
ADG (g/d)	57.14	63.86	10.32	0.65
ADFI (g/d)	146.79	148.21	3.60	0.78
G:F (g/g)	0.384	0.439	0.070	0.59
Phase 2
Initial BW (kg)	7.27	7.46	0.25	0.59
Final BW (kg)	10.28	10.90	0.29	0.15
Feed intake (kg)	19.20	26.36	0.63	<0.05
ADG (g/d)	215.19	245.67	10.81	0.06
ADFI (g/d)	342.84	470.75	11.19	<0.05
G:F (g/g)	0.628	0.522	0.022	<0.05
Phase 3
Initial BW (kg)	10.28	10.90	0.29	0.15
Final BW (kg)	22.09	23.10	0.45	0.13
Feed intake (kg)	60.00	61.79	0.89	0.17
ADG (g/d)	562.14	580.67	16.68	0.44
ADFI (g/d)	714.29	735.54	10.65	0.17
G:F (g/g)	0.786	0.792	0.022	0.87
Overall
Initial BW (kg)	6.87	7.02	0.24	0.67
Final BW (kg)	22.09	23.10	0.45	0.13
Feed intake (kg)	83.31	92.30	1.19	<0.05
ADG (g/d)	362.33	382.87	7.09	0.05
ADFI (g/d)	495.89	549.39	7.09	<0.05
G:F (g/g)	0.731	0.698	0.014	0.11

SEM, standard error of the mean; BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain-to-feed ratio.

¹Values are presented as the least squares mean of 11 replicates (4 pigs/replicate). One pig in the CON diet was died at the end of week 6. Phase 1 = wk 1 (7 days); phase 2 = wk 2 to 3 (14 days); phase 3 = wk 4 to 6 (21 days); overall = wk 1 to 6 (42 days).

²CON, control diet based on corn and soybean meal; PKE, CON+20% palm kernel expellers.