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. 2015 Sep 10;1(3):160–165. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.08.011

Table 2.

Effects of wheat type and xylanase supplementation on the growth performance of male pigs from d 0 to 7 and d 0 to 14, commencing at 7.8 kg live weight.

Item Enzyme, 300 g/t Live weight, kg Daily gain, g Feed intake, g FCR, g/g
d 0 to 7
Wheat 1 9.51 240b 244b 1.11
Wheat 1 + 9.81 272ab 253b 0.96
Wheat 2 9.77 277ab 265ab 1.01
Wheat 2 + 10.21 332a 296a 0.91
SEM 0.130 12.67 8.93 0.045



Two way analysis
Wheat (W) 0.029 0.029 0.050 0.164
Enzyme (E) 0.261 0.261 0.119 0.903
W × E 0.663 0.663 0.865 0.391
d 0 to 14
Wheat 1 12.12 306b 346 1.13a
Wheat 1 + 12.52 330b 343 1.04ab
Wheat 2 12.46 331b 353 1.07ab
Wheat 2 + 13.13 375a 385 1.02b
SEM 0.169 9.27 9.41 0.019



Two way analysis
Wheat (W) 0.013 0.013 0.237 0.081
Enzyme (E) 0.119 0.119 0.992 0.050
W × E 0.794 0.794 0.795 0.991

SEM = standard error of means.

a,bTreatment means followed by the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05).