Table 10.
ZEA, mg/kg | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | SEM | P- value | ||||||||
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Clay, g/kg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ZEA | MC | ZEA x MC | Lin | Quad | |
Performance | ||||||||||||||
Weight gain, g/day | 643 | 628 | 622 | 635 | 610 | 634 | 581 | 608 | 26 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.21 |
Feed intake, g/day | 821 | 839 | 920 | 896 | 884 | 929 | 870 | 825 | 20 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.04 |
Feed efficiency | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.017 | 0-.04 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.37 |
Apparent total tract digestibility coefficient, % | ||||||||||||||
Dry matter | 0.848 | 0.839 | 0.820 | 0.848 | 0.803 | 0.836 | 0.798 | 0.835 | 0.01 | <0.01 | 0.19 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.28 |
Nitrogen | 0.827 | 0.833 | 0.797 | 0.833 | 0.804 | 0.842 | 0.786 | 0.826 | 0.02 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.34 |
Energy | 0.856 | 0.854 | 0.859 | 0.859 | 0.818 | 0.875 | 0.829 | 0.878 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.87 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.22 |
aWang et al. [42]