Table 5.

Growth performance of pigs pre- and postinoculation with Salmonella typhimurium

	Low fiber		High fiber			P-value3
Parameters	STD Thr1	SUP Thr2	STD Thr	SUP Thr	SEM	Fiber	Thr
Initial BW, kg	22.76	22.32	22.69	22.45	0.167	NS4	NS
Final BW, kg	49.51	51.45	46.34	48.57	1.055	<0.01	<0.01
Preinoculation period (day −7–0)
ADG, kg	0.826	0.804	0.818	0.772	0.043	NS	NS
ADFI, kg	1.339	1.359	1.218	1.185	0.089	<0.01	NS
G:F, kg/kg	0.620	0.595	0.636	0.655	0.020	<0.01	NS
Postinoculation (day 0–7)
ADG, kg	0.965	1.082	0.843	0.911	0.025	<0.01	<0.01
ADFI, kg	1.788	1.635	1.653	1.551	0.047	<0.01	<0.01
G:F, kg/kg	0.543	0.665	0.511	0.588	0.022	<0.05	<0.01
Postinoculation (day 8–21)
ADG, kg	0.940	1.093	0.783	0.938	0.031	<0.01	<0.01
ADFI, kg	1.983	1.944	1.934	1.831	0.075	NS	NS
G:F, kg/kg	0.483	0.566	0.409	0.514	0.022	<0.01	<0.01
Overall (day 0–21)
ADG, kg	0.953	1.088	0.813	0.924	0.020	<0.01	<0.01
ADFI, kg	1.885	1.789	1.793	1.691	0.042	<0.05	<0.05
G:F, kg/kg	0.514	0.615	0.459	0.553	0.017	<0.01	<0.01

¹STD Thr, Standard Thr (0.65% standardized ileal digestible).

²SUP Thr, Supplemental Thr (0.78% standardized ileal digestible).

³No significant Fiber × Thr interaction were observed.

⁴NS, not significant (P > 0.05).