Table 3.

Growth performance of weaned piglets with different VA concentrations¹

	Dietary VA, mg/kg						Contrast, P <
Items	2	4	8	16	SEM	Model P value	Linear	Quadratic
BW, kg
0 d	8.33	8.34	8.34	8.34	0.127	0.976	0.979	0.991
7 d	9.18	9.25	9.33	9.08	0.171	0.793	0.901	0.653
14 d	10.38	10.50	10.80	10.66	0.182	0.535	0.505	0.738
ADFI, g/d
0 to 7 d	237.30	255.45	252.60	239.06	15.277	0.666	0.986	0.624
8 to 14 d	388.67	381.89	407.58	400.78	9.689	0.476	0.495	0.999
0 to 14 d	312.98	318.67	330.09	319.92	10.995	0.646	0.757	0.733
ADG, g/d
0 to 7 d	120.54	129.46	141.97	105.36	14.784	0.666	0.812	0.464
8 to 14 d	172.32	178.57	209.82	225.89	9.201	0.039	0.020	0.781
0 to 14 d	146.43	154.02	175.89	165.62	9.525	0.404	0.372	0.652
G:F, g/d:g/d
0 to 7 d	0.49	0.50	0.45	0.51	0.038	0.779	0.981	0.805
8 to 14 d	0.44	0.47	0.51	0.56	0.017	0.025	0.005	0.825
0 to 14 d	0.46	0.48	0.51	0.51	0.016	0.229	0.203	0.696
Diarrhea rate, %
0 to 14 d	20.54	15.18	10.71	19.64	2.730	0.208	0.776	0.209

¹Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 8.