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Table 2.

Effects of β-glucan on growth performance of fattening pigs (kg).

Stage	Item	Control	β-glucan supplemental level, mg/kg
Stage	Item	Control	50	100	200
25 to 50 kg	ADFI	1.72 ± 0.47	1.67 ± 0.11	1.79 ± 0.46	1.66 ± 0.55
	ADG	0.84 ± 0.19	0.81 ± 0.25	0.83 ± 0.27	0.78 ± 0.41
	F:G	2.03 ± 0.45	2.08 ± 0.31	2.13 ± 0.47	2.12 ± 0.47
50 to 75 kg	ADFI	2.74 ± 0.89	2.68 ± 0.68	2.82 ± 0.49	2.77 ± 0.68
	ADG	0.93 ± 0.41^a	0.93 ± 0.36^a	1.08 ± 0.23^b	0.99 ± 0.32^ab
	F:G	2.98 ± 0.12^a	2.91 ± 0.10^a	2.62 ± 0.70^b	2.81 ± 0.53^ab
75 to 110 kg	ADFI	3.13 ± 0.50	3.11 ± 0.34	3.09 ± 0.23	3.12 ± 0.27
	ADG	0.94 ± 0.50^a	1.09 ± 0.24^ab	1.16 ± 0.50^b	1.07 ± 0.45^ab
	F:G	3.37 ± 0.13^a	2.79 ± 0.91^b	2.73 ± 0.79^b	3.09 ± 0.96^ab
25 to 110 kg	ADFI	2.58 ± 0.38	2.63 ± 0.64	2.69 ± 0.75	2.66 ± 0.56
	ADG	0.92 ± 0.18^a	0.97 ± 0.18^a	1.10 ± 0.18^b	0.96 ± 0.35^a
	F:G	2.76 ± 0.82^a	2.73 ± 0.61^a	2.50 ± 0.49^b	2.73 ± 0.56^a

ADFI = average daily feed intake; ADG = average daily gain; F:G = feed intake to body gain ratio.

^{a, b} Within a row, means with different superscripts differ at P < 0.05.