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Table 4.

Results for Exp. 1 comparing performance of weaned pigs housed in unsanitary pens and fed non-medicated diets with different levels of activated porcine plasma or spray-dried porcine plasma¹

		Dietary treatments							P-value
Item	Day	SPC	2.50% SDPP	5.00% SDPP	0.17% APP	0.33% APP	1.0% APP	SED	T	D	T × D
BW, kg	1	6.45	6.48	6.45	6.44	6.45	6.49	0.25	0.0024	< 0.0001	0.0476
	7	6.66^c	7.15^ab	7.31^a	6.58^c	6.74^bc	6.76^bc
	15	8.41^c	9.01^ab	9.27^a	8.18^c	8.25^c	8.55^bc
	21	11.07^b	11.63^a	11.31^ab	11.07^b	10.87^b	11.10^b
	28	14.95^b	15.61^a	15.35^ab	15.12^ab	14.96^b	15.11^b
ADG, g	7	29^c	96^b	123^a	20^c	42^c	39^c	13.6	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	15	130^b	169^a	188^a	116^b	120^b	138^b
	21	220^b	245^a	232^ab	221^ab	211^b	221^ab
	28	303	326	318	310	304	308
ADFI, g	7	99^b	169^a	180^a	95^b	101^b	101^b	14.0	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	15	197^b	242^a	254^a	185^b	185^b	195^b
	21	329^b	363^a	346^ab	329^b	326^b	330^b
	28	439^b	480^a	463^ab	454^ab	444^b	444^b
G:F	7	0.270^bc	0.574^a	0.682^a	0.186^c	0.354^b	0.346^b	0.056	0.0019	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
	15	0.668^ab	0.695^ab	0.739^a	0.629^b	0.649^ab	0.702^ab
	21	0.669	0.677	0.668	0.668	0.644	0.668
	28	0.692	0.680	0.687	0.684	0.686	0.695

^a–c

Within row, means with uncommon superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

Values are least squares cumulative performance data means for 11 pens per dietary treatment (T) analyzed using a mixed model for repeated measures of treatment (T), day of experiment (D), and treatment × day of experiment (T × D) as fixed effects, block and replication as random effects, and replication within block as sub-type for repeated measures. Experimental diets were: SPC = soy protein concentrate at 8.04% of diet (Soycomil P, ADM Alliance Nutrition, Quincy, IL); SDPP = spray-dried porcine plasma at 2.50 or 5.00% of diet (AP920, APC Inc., Ankeny, IA); APP = activated porcine plasma at 0.17, 0.33, or 1.00% of diet (betaGRO, NutriQuest, Mason City, IA). Experimental diets were non-medicated and fed the initial 15 d of the experiment, followed by a common phase 2 diet for all pigs fed d 15 to 28.