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. 2019 May 28;10:47. doi: 10.1186/s40104-019-0349-2

Table 4.

Least squares means for growth performance of pigs fed diets containing different concentrations of standardized total tract digestible (STTD) Ca and STTD P for 21 da

Item STTD Ca, %
0.14 0.29 0.44 0.59 0.74
Initial BW, kgb
 0.16% STTD P 11.13 10.98 11.21 11.06 11.02
 0.33% STTD P 10.89 10.98 11.01 11.17 11.09
 0.42% STTD P 11.11 11.12 11.12 11.14 10.95
 0.50% STTD P 11.15 11.09 11.05 11.19 11.08
Final BW, kgc
 0.16% STTD P 20.87 20.91 20.77 19.36 18.11
 0.33% STTD P 22.07 23.78 23.79 23.47 22.61
 0.42% STTD P 20.69 24.50 23.67 24.00 23.47
 0.50% STTD P 20.04 22.80 23.71 24.27 24.01
ADG, gd
 0.16% STTD P 465 473 455 395 337
 0.33% STTD P 530 609 621 586 548
 0.42% STTD P 451 637 598 612 596
 0.50% STTD P 413 557 599 622 615
ADFI, ge
 0.16% STTD P 848 849 864 808 791
 0.33% STTD P 871 948 931 933 914
 0.42% STTD P 763 978 895 958 928
 0.50% STTD P 752 869 925 940 936
G:F, g:gf
 0.16% STTD P 0.549 0.556 0.527 0.488 0.425
 0.33% STTD P 0.610 0.645 0.656 0.628 0.601
 0.42% STTD P 0.592 0.654 0.671 0.640 0.643
 0.50% STTD P 0.549 0.643 0.649 0.663 0.658

aData are least squares means of 8 observations with the exception of diet 0.44% STTD Ca and 0.33% STTD P for ADG (n = 7)

bStandard error of the within treatment least squares means = 0.51

cStandard error of the within treatment least squares means = 0.80

dStandard error of the within treatment least squares means = 0.02

eStandard error of the within treatment least squares means = 0.04

fStandard error of the within treatment least squares means = 0.01