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. 2020 Apr 23;13(4):768–773. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2020.768-773

Table-3.

Growth performance and diarrheal incidence in growing pigs fed Cordyceps militaris spent mushroom substrate1.

Criteria Control Cordyceps militaris spent SED p-value
Initial BW, kg 25.86 25.69 0.333 0.809
Final BW, kg 49.52 58.59 2.229 0.034
ADG, g 563.31 783.42 55.454 0.039
ADFI, kg 1793 1924 37.236 0.078
G: F ratio 0.314 0.407 0.025 0.066
Diarrheal incidence (%) 0.15 0.12 0.032 0.632

BW=Body weight, ADG=Average daily gain; ADFI=Average daily feed intake, and G: F=Gain-to-feed ratio.

1

A total of 72 growing pigs had an average initial BW of 25.78±0.33 kg and a final BW of 54.06±2.23 kg, SED=Standard error of the differences