Table 7. Effects of dietary n-6:n-3 ratio on average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (FI) and gain to feed ratio (GF) in finishing pigs.
Control | n-6:n-3 ratio | SEM | p-value | ||
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4:1 | 2:1 | ||||
Initial body weight (kg) | 82.10 | 82.12 | 82.21 | 0.37 | 0.979 |
Final body weight (kg) | 106.43b | 108.61a | 109.08a | 0.42 | 0.001 |
ADG (g) | 695b | 757a | 768a | 11.77 | 0.001 |
FI (g) | 2,482 | 2,562 | 2,714 | 71.84 | 0.099 |
GF | 3.58 | 3.39 | 3.54 | 0.01 | 0.521 |
Means within a column with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).