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. 2019 Jul 17;63:10.29219/fnr.v63.1444. doi: 10.29219/fnr.v63.1444

Table 3.

Effect of dietary MSG and/or fat on the growth performance of growing pigs (n = 8) (47, 48)

Item Measurements (Mean ± SE)
Analysis of variance(P)
BD HF BDM HFM Fat effect MSG effect Interaction
Feed intake (kg/d) 2.07 ± 0.09 1.78 ± 0.09 1.98 ± 0.11 1.92 ± 0.08 0.77 0.08 0.23
Daily gain (kg) 0.80 ± 0.05 0.77 ± 0.06 0.80 ± 0.05 0.76 ± 0.07 0.89 0.52 0.88
Feed conversion ratio 2.67 ± 0.08 2.40 ± 0.13 2.55 ± 0.03 2.66 ± 0.14 0.51 0.16 0.10
Total skeletal muscle (%) 61.02 ± 2.70 61.63 ± 1.71 59.08 ± 0.68 61.66 ± 0.96 0.37 0.59 0.57
Total fat (%) 13.34 ± 2.94 15.49 ± 0.48 16.29 ± 0.35 14.87 ± 1.24 0.82 0.49 0.29
Total bone (%) 17.04 ± 0.31 14.04 ± 1.36 15.84 ± 1.07 14.22 ± 0.68 0.03 0.59 0.48
Total skin (%) 8.6 ± 0.38 8.84 ± 0.14 8.79 ± 0.23 9.25 ± 0.50 0.33 0.39 0.75