Table 3.
Growth performance of nursery pigs (Experiment 1).
| Item | Benzoic acid, % |
SEM |
P-value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | L1 | Q2 | ||
| Number of replicates | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Body weight, kg | ||||||
| d 0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 0.09 | 0.515 | 0.306 |
| d 14 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 0.25 | 0.083 | 0.845 |
| d 28 | 19.0 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 0.45 | 0.013 | 0.723 |
| d 0 to 14 | ||||||
| ADG, g | 349 | 369 | 403 | 15 | 0.024 | 0.503 |
| ADFI, g | 476 | 481 | 509 | 14 | 0.129 | 0.420 |
| FCR | 1.36 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 0.03 | 0.024 | 0.831 |
| d 15 to 28 | ||||||
| ADG, g | 507 | 571 | 583 | 17 | 0.004 | 0.387 |
| ADFI, g | 742 | 808 | 846 | 18 | <0.001 | 0.875 |
| FCR | 1.47 | 1.42 | 1.45 | 0.02 | 0.555 | 0.138 |
| d 0 to 28 | ||||||
| ADG, g | 428 | 470 | 493 | 15 | 0.006 | 0.872 |
| ADFI, g | 609 | 645 | 678 | 15 | 0.005 | 0.774 |
| FCR | 1.42 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 0.02 | 0.118 | 0.439 |
SEM = standard error of the means; ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio, ADFI/ADG.
1
Linear effect of benzoic acid.
2
Quadratic effect of benzoic acid.