Table 3.
Effect of the diet and time on body weight in the trial (kg).1
| Groups2 | Days |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 84 | |
| CTR | 26.5 | 26.8a | 25.4ab | 25.0ab | 24.3ab | 23.2ab | 22.9ab | 22.8ab | 22.3ab | 22.1b | 22.7ab | 22.8ab | 22.8ab | 22.0b |
| GF | 24.9 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 25.8 |
a, b Within a row, means with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).
1
Values are least square means (LSM).
2
GF: grain free diet without grain cereals; CTR: control diet with conventional grain cereals.