Table 4.

Effect of MCFA-based additives on nursery pig growth performance (Exp. 1)^a

	Added MCFA, %
	CaptiSUREb				C6:0:C8:0:C10:0c		Probability, <
Item	0	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	SEM	Lineard	Quadraticd	1.0% CaptiSURE vs. 1.0% blend
BW, kg
Day 0	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	0.05	0.778	0.927	0.911
Day 13	9.9	10.2	10.4	10.4	10.2	0.14	0.001	0.062	0.288
Day 34	21.8	22.8	23.2	23.6	23.1	0.33	0.001	0.089	0.838
Days 0–13
ADG, g	278	301	314	319	303	8.6	0.001	0.063	0.294
ADFI, g	338	364	353	360	352	9.9	0.149	0.211	0.912
G:F, g/kg	819	827	890	889	860	12.8	0.001	0.104	0.091
Days 13–34
ADG, g	567	600	605	627	615	10.6	0.001	0.273	0.446
ADFI, g	820	835	839	865	853	14.9	0.013	0.974	0.440
G:F, g/kg	692	719	721	725	722	5.9	0.001	0.013	0.953
Days 0–34
ADG, g	455	486	493	509	496	9.0	0.001	0.127	0.779
ADFI, g	634	655	652	671	662	12.3	0.014	0.693	0.494
G:F, g/kg	718	742	756	758	750	5.5	0.001	0.002	0.360

^aA total of 350 pigs (DNA 400 × 200; initial BW = 6.3 kg) were used in a 34-d experiment with five pigs per pen and 14 pens per treatment. Pigs were weaned at approximately 21 d, fed a common starter diet for 4 d postweaning, and then placed on experimental diets.

^bKemin Industries, Inc. (Des Moines, IA).

^cConsisted of a 1:1:1 blend of C6:0, C8:0, and C10:0 (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO).

^dLinear and quadratic contrast statements include treatments with CaptiSURE (Kemin Industries, Inc, Des Moines, IA) MCFA.