Table 4.
Growth performance of pigs fed the Exp. 1 diets1
| Item | Diets2 | SEM3 | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | PC | OA1 | OA2 | OA1 + OA2 | |||
| BW, kg | |||||||
| Initial | 7.21 | 7.21 | 7.22 | 7.20 | 7.08 | 0.03 | 0.911 |
| Day 14 | 10.00 | 10.17 | 10.38 | 10.02 | 10.07 | 0.08 | 0.428 |
| Day 28 | 16.03 | 16.38 | 16.27 | 15.84 | 16.08 | 0.15 | 0.808 |
| Day 42 | 23.95 | 24.02 | 24.14 | 23.73 | 24.07 | 0.18 | 0.965 |
| ADG, g/d | |||||||
| Day 1–14 | 200 | 212 | 227 | 204 | 217 | 4.68 | 0.382 |
| Day 15–28 | 429 | 444 | 424 | 415 | 430 | 6.92 | 0.795 |
| Day 1–28 | 314 | 328 | 329 | 309 | 323 | 5.07 | 0.765 |
| Day 29–42 | 571 | 586 | 592 | 578 | 582 | 6.17 | 0.883 |
| ADFI, g/d | |||||||
| Day 1–14 | 313 | 333 | 352 | 318 | 326 | 5.55 | 0.189 |
| Day 15–28 | 704 | 718 | 696 | 673 | 696 | 9.45 | 0.690 |
| Day 1–28 | 508 | 526 | 524 | 496 | 511 | 6.69 | 0.632 |
| Day 29–42 | 896 | 932 | 941 | 928 | 916 | 9.12 | 0.620 |
| F:G, g/g | |||||||
| Day 1–14 | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.55 | 1.58 | 1.51 | 0.02 | 0.852 |
| Day 15–28 | 1.64 | 1.63 | 1.65 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 0.02 | 0.994 |
| Day 1–28 | 1.62 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.59 | 0.02 | 0.983 |
| Day 29–42 | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.60 | 1.58 | 0.02 | 0.978 |
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; OA2 = NC plus organic acid 2; OA1 + OA2 = NC plus organic acid 1 and organic acid 2.
3Pooled SEM; n = 8/treatment.