Table 2.
Growth performance and feed/meat intake for pigs receiving the four different treatments. Least square mean values with their standard errors, n = 6/group except C-DSS n = 5.
| Treatment | p-Value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | M | C-DSS | M-DSS | SEM | Diet | DSS | D × DSS | |
| BW d14, kg | 14.7 b | 15.7 ab | 15.1 b | 16.9 a | 0.71 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.38 |
| BW d19, kg | 16.9 ab | 18.1 a | 16.2 b | 18.8 a | 0.80 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 0.35 |
| BW gain d14-18, g/day | 426 a | 481 a | 215 b | 366 ab | 74 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.50 |
| Feed intake d0-13, g/day | 502 | 488 | 518 | 428 | 30 | 0.08 | 0.60 | 0.19 |
| Meat intake d0-13, g/day | 0 c | 55 b | 0 c | 68 a | 3 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Feed intake d14-18, g/day | 443 ab | 550 a | 366 b | 401 ab | 53 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.52 |
| Meat intake d14-18, g/day | 0 c | 66 b | 0 c | 87 a | 9 | <0.001 | 0.23 | 0.22 |
a,b,c Means within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).