Table 3.
Effects of vitamin B6 on growth performance and diarrhea rate1
| Items | VB6, mg/kg | SEM | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 7 | |||
| IBW, kg | 7.03 | 7.02 | 7.03 | 0.15 | 0.999 |
| FBW, kg | 8.92 | 8.97 | 9.35 | 0.21 | 0.680 |
| ADG, g | 134.52 | 139.29 | 165.48 | 9.63 | 0.392 |
| ADFI, g | 250.99 | 248.65 | 276.61 | 11.54 | 0.576 |
| G:F, g/g | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.02 | 0.317 |
| DR,% | 3.57ab | 14.29a | 2.38b | 2.34 | 0.065 |
1IBW, Initial body weight; FBW, Final body weight. DR (%) = total number of pigs with diarrhea/(total number of pigs × experimental days) × 100%.
a,bWithin a variable, values with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05). Data are expressed as means ± SEM. n = 6.