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. 2018 May 11;96(8):3302–3318. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky197

Table 10.

Growth performance of pigs fed the Exp. 2 diets1

Item Diets2 SEM3 P value
NC PC OA1 OA3 OA1 + OA3
BW, kg
 Initial 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 0.01 0.644
 Day 14 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.7 0.08 0.421
 Day 28 12.2 12.9 12.5 12.2 12.9 0.15 0.302
 Day 42 18.9 19.3 18.6 18.3 19.2 0.23 0.615
 Day 49 22.5 23.5 22.2 22.0 23.1 0.26 0.302
ADG, g/d
 Day 1–14 43 71 75 59 52 5.98 0.440
 Day 15–28 327 358 329 319 375 8.30 0.162
 Day 1–28 189 214 202 189 215 5.27 0.335
 Day 29–42 472 466 430 430 457 8.39 0.340
 Day 43–49 439c 603a 513bc 533ab 573ab 14.18 0.001
ADFI, g/d
 Day 1–14 175 201 205 188 174 5.07 0.196
 Day 15–28 515 548 524 510 533 10.70 0.835
 Day 1–28 336 374 356 349 354 7.02 0.563
 Day 29–42 821 812 765 754 784 10.82 0.216
 Day 43–49 1010 1008 958 982 1018 17.89 0.835
F:G, g/g
 Day 15–28 1.62 1.57 1.62 1.65 1.44 0.05 0.759
 Day 1–28 1.85 1.81 1.77 1.94 1.68 0.07 0.828
 Day 29–42 1.74 1.76 1.80 1.79 1.79 0.05 0.996
 Day 43–49 2.47a 1.68b 1.89b 1.84b 1.82b 0.08 0.010

Small superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).

1Values means n = 8 for productive performance.

2NC = negative control, no antibiotics; PC = positive control, antibiotics included; OA1 = NC plus organic acid 1; OA3 = NC plus organic acid 3; OA1 + OA3 = NC plus organic acid 1 and organic acid 3.

3Pooled SEM; n = 8/treatment.