. 2020 Apr 3;4(2):616–629. doi: 10.1093/tas/txaa039

Table 8.

Effects of LL and molasses in nursery pig diets on growth performance^a–c

Item	Control^d	5 LL^e	10 LL^f	9.4 M^g	SEM	Probability, P<
d 0–7
ADG, g	127	133	162	150	24.8	0.168
ADFI, g	196	202	207	193	18.7	0.656
G:F	0.604^a	0.622^a	0.736^b	0.753^b	0.067	0.022
d 7–21
ADG, g	243	270	264	262	17.8	0.718
ADFI, g	371^a	417^ab	454^b	405^ab	19.5	0.046
G:F	0.652	0.645	0.584	0.649	0.036	0.390
d 21–33
ADG, g	460^a	449^ab	476^a	410^b	25.6	0.062
ADFI, g	674	692	704	633	32.8	0.192
G:F	0.683	0.652	0.675	0.643	0.017	0.296
d 0–21
ADG, g	204	224	230	225	17.1	0.577
ADFI, g	312^a	345^ab	372^b	334^ab	17.0	0.064
G:F	0.645	0.646	0.617	0.671	0.034	0.600
d 0–33
ADG, g	297	306	320	292	13.2	0.499
ADFI, g	444^a	471^ab	492^b	443^a	15.8	0.109
G:F	0.667	0.649	0.650	0.660	0.017	0.807
BW, kg
d 7	7.62	7.64	7.85	7.79	0.089	0.148
d 21	11.02	11.42	11.55	11.46	0.300	0.588
d 33	16.54	16.81	17.26	16.38	0.461	0.535

^aA total of 194 nursery pigs (DNA 241 × 600; initially 6.7 ± 0.4 kg at 27 d of age) were used with 8 replicate pens per treatment and 4–7 pig per pen. Research was conducted at Texas A&M University, O.D. Butler Animal Science Teaching and Research Center, Nutrition and Physiology Center (College Station, TX).

^bExperimental diets were fed from d 0 to 21 followed by a common diet d 21–33.

^cLL product was obtained by Westway Feed Products (Tomball, TX).

^dControl Diet with 19.1% total sugars from whey powder and whey permeate (85% lactose).

^e5% SweetLac; 12% of the total sugars replaced by 5% LL (44.7% total sugars).

^f10% SweetLac; 24% total sugars replaced by 10% LL (44.7% total sugars).

^g94 Molasses; 24% total sugars with 94 molasses.

^hSugar cane molasses.

^a–cMeans within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).