Table 1. Average daily gain, average daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio (mean ± standard error of the mean) for pigs provided with in-feed antibiotics (n = 420) and for pigs with no in-feed antibiotics (n = 420) during the first and the second weaner stages.
Variables | Treatment | P-value | |
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No In-feed antibiotics | In-feed antibiotics | ||
First weaner stage | |||
Average daily gain, g | 402.2 | 435.6 | 0.018 |
±18.20 | ±13.03 | ||
Average daily feed intake, g | 584.6 | 646.5 | 0.048 |
±39.88 | ±28.83 | ||
Feed conversion ratio | 1.48 | 1.52 | 0.483 |
±0.034 | ±0.032 | ||
Second weaner stage | |||
Average daily gain, g | 711.0 | 743.7 | 0.774 |
±32.31 | ±42.58 | ||
Average daily feed intake, g | 1380.9 | 1440.2 | 0.589 |
±29.29 | ±60.09 | ||
Feed conversion ratio | 1.95 | 1.95 | 0.944 |
±0.054 | ±0.045 |