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

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.