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. 2015 Sep 2;1(3):177–183. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.08.012

Table 2.

Growth performance of pigs fed diets contaminated with aflatoxin (0 or 20 µg/kg) and supplemented with amodified yeast cell wall extract (0 or 2 g/kg).1

Item No AF
AF
SEM P-value
No YC YC No YC YC AF YC Interaction
BW, kg
Initial BW 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.3 0.788 0.993 0.979
Wk 1 BW 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.8 0.3 0.731 0.189 0.189
Wk 2 BW 10.6 10.9 10.7 11.2 0.5 0.306 0.036 0.509
Wk 3 BW 13.8 14.5 14.1 14.7 0.6 0.401 0.025 0.977
Wk 4 BW 18.2 19.0 18.5 19.1 0.7 0.615 0.039 0.714
Wk 5 BW 23.1 24.3 23.5 24.4 0.9 0.563 0.007 0.668
ADG, g
Wk 1 221 221 199 260 26 0.721 0.184 0.185
Wk 2 430 473 464 481 21 0.134 0.034 0.374
Wk 1 to 2 326 347 331 371 20 0.298 0.034 0.506
Wk 3 464 511 486 495 21 0.847 0.085 0.220
Wk 4 621 650 629 626 27 0.620 0.430 0.318
Wk 5 700 762 714 763 25 0.664 0.004 0.736
Wk 3 to 5 595 641 610 628 21 0.935 0.009 0.232
Overall 487 523 498 525 19 0.559 0.007 0.667
ADFI, g
Wk 1 425 411 402 491 27 0.146 0.060 0.012
Wk 2 591 618 604 632 27 0.491 0.159 0.995
Wk 1 to 2 508 515 503 561 24 0.177 0.040 0.100
Wk 3 717 806 762 800 35 0.373 0.007 0.250
Wk 4 985 1,051 1,018 1,023 49 0.939 0.216 0.273
Wk 5 1,225 1,315 1,226 1,316 47 0.966 0.005 0.989
Wk 3 to 5 976 1,057 1,002 1,046 40 0.715 0.006 0.370
Overall 789 840 803 852 32 0.417 0.003 0.940
G:F
Wk 1 0.544 0.534 0.485 0.537 0.076 0.598 0.682 0.560
Wk 2 0.725 0.771 0.771 0.762 0.021 0.383 0.401 0.206
Wk 1 to 2 0.645 0.676 0.658 0.659 0.030 0.931 0.481 0.509
Wk 3 0.648 0.636 0.640 0.621 0.013 0.307 0.200 0.755
Wk 4 0.631 0.620 0.620 0.617 0.013 0.560 0.565 0.743
Wk 5 0.573 0.582 0.585 0.581 0.011 0.585 0.791 0.490
Wk 3 to 5 0.610 0.618 0.610 0.602 0.007 0.568 0.344 0.568
Overall 0.619 0.625 0.622 0.615 0.008 0.666 0.966 0.376

AF = aflatoxin; YC = yeast cell wall based feed additive.

1

Factor AF with the presence of 20 µg AF/kg. Factor YC with the supplementation of 2 g Integral A+/kg.