Table 1.

Effect of increasing fucoidan inclusion level on pig growth performance and faecal consistency (least square means with their standard errors).

	Fucoidan Inclusion Level (PPM) *			SEM	Time (day)		SEM	p-Values
	0	125	250		7	14		Treatment	Time	Treatment × Time
ADG (kg)	0.160	0.130	0.178	0.020	0.080	0.228	0.016	0.259	<0.001	0.863
ADFI (kg)	0.319	0.308	0.340	0.011	0.209	0.435	0.009	0.104	<0.001	0.378
G:F	0.467	0.403	0.517	0.060	0.391	0.533	0.049	0.430	0.042	0.846
FS	2.97 a	2.94 a,b	2.72 b	0.080	2.801	2.953	0.065	0.038	0.108	0.765

ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain to feed ratio; FS, faecal score; d, days; ^a,b Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05). * A total of eight replicates were used per treatment group (replicate = pen, 3 pigs/pen).