Table 7.

Summary of feed efficiency (males), 90-day study.

(Group mg/kg bw/day)		Feed efficiency (g food/g bwg)
		Days
		0–7	7–14	14–21	21–28	28–35	35–42	42–49	49–56	56–63	63–70	70–77	77–84	84–89	0–89
		Weeks
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	1–13
Control	Mean	4.84	5.94	6.44	7.43	8.20	10.68	12.05	13.31	30.53	22.14	19.73	49.20	32.23	9.94
	SD	0.61	1.03	1.32	0.76	1.43	2.48	3.59	3.43	45.68	11.08	8.06	53.83	35.21	0.79
	n †	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	6	8	10
500	Mean	4.47	5.71	7.44	7.92	9.38	12.43	13.32	13.09	21.55	18.41	26.83	73.06	34.05	10.32
	SD	0.42	0.64	1.90	1.89	2.39	2.72	5.41	3.78	7.57	7.15	15.00	65.90	35.36	0.65
	n †	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	6	9	10
1000	Mean	4.17	5.95	7.65	9.68	8.29	13.33	14.08	14.73	22.40	28.31	26.18	34.60	16.41	10.49
	SD	0.89	1.14	1.97	2.01	1.49	4.12	6.45	4.19	18.82	15.81	9.75	22.24	5.85	1.53
	n †	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	9	10
	SS				∗
2000	Mean	4.49	6.55	8.86	12.91	10.20	16.41	16.78	19.38	37.31	17.86	66.44	39.20	76.28	11.82
	SD	0.54	1.19	1.54	7.33	3.09	7.17	6.07	14.54	42.43	7.30	72.73	45.20	41.40	1.32
	n †	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	7	9	3	10
	SS			∗∗	∗∗									∗	∗∗
Test for significance		NS	NS	DN	U	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	U	DN

Abbreviations: DN: Duncan's multiple range test; NS: not significant; SD: standard deviation; SS: statistical significance; U: Mann–Whitney U-test versus control. ^†Group “n”s were reduced for some weeks due to individual animals either having (0) weight gain or weight loss. ^∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01.