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. 2015 Dec 12;1(4):349–355. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.11.012

Table 4.

Body weight (BW) and average daily gain (ADG) of control and vegetable protein groups.

Item Group
SEM P-value
MP SP WP PP RP Treatment Day Treatment × Day
Initial BW, kg
d 21 44.8 45.2 45.2 44.9 45.3 0.74 0.8775
ADG, g/d
d 22 to 63 775.6 698.2 626.7 554.2 711.6 13.39 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.9870
d 22 to 28 516.3 485.0 442.5 400.0 510.0 28.34 0.2089
d 29 to 35 651.3a 552.5ab 490.0bc 447.5c 537.5b 18.36 0.0003
d 36 to 42 741.7a 680.0ab 593.3bc 523.3c 663.3ab 22.94 0.0021
d 43 to 49 1,016.3a 892.5ab 820.0bc 722.5c 937.5ab 32.52 0.0038
d 50 to 56 888.6a 825.7ab 742.9bc 657.1c 862.9ab 22.38 0.0005
d 57 to 63 965.7a 874.3ab 774.3bc 662.9c 874.3ab 21.76 <0.0001

MP = milk protein; SP = soybean protein concentrate; WP = hydrolyzed wheat protein; PP = peanut protein concentrate; RP = rice protein insolate; SEM = standard error of mean; ADG = average daily gain.

a,b,c Within a row, means with same or no superscripts differ not significantly (P > 0.05), means with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).