Table 4.

Growth performance for pigs fed diets containing 0 or 150 mg Cu/kg from copper hydroxychloride¹

	Diet
Item	Control	Control + Cu2	SEM	P-value
Days 0 to 15
Initial BW, kg	15.150	14.949	0.455	0.132
ADG3, kg	0.578	0.654	0.031	0.070
ADFI3, kg	1.018	1.009	0.038	0.876
G:F3	0.570	0.648	0.027	0.080
Final BW, kg	23.825	24.757	0.510	0.150
Days 15 to 28
ADG, kg	0.827	0.843	0.033	0.747
ADFI, kg	1.570	1.448	0.048	0.113
G:F	0.530	0.586	0.028	0.157
Final BW, kg	34.575	35.713	0.492	0.076
Days 0 to 28
ADG, kg	0.694	0.742	0.021	0.037
ADFI, kg	1.275	1.214	0.033	0.119
G:F	0.546	0.612	0.018	0.024

¹Data are least-squares means of eight observations for all treatments.

²The diet containing added Cu was fortified with 150 mg/kg of Cu from copper hydroxychloride (IntelliBond C^II; Micronutrients USA; Indianapolis, IN).