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. 2020 Jun 4;98(6):skaa185. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa185

Table 2.

Growth performance of nursery pigs fed diets supplemented with DDGS and xylanase

Treatment
DDGS, % 0 30 P-value1
Xylanase, EPU/kg diet 0 1,500 0 1,500 SEM Ing Enz Ing × Enz
BW, kg
 Initial 10.58 10.68 10.64 10.73 0.63 0.630 0.392 0.932
 Week 1 13.07 13.35 13.31 13.44 0.49 0.480 0.376 0.746
 Week 2 18.00 18.87 18.64 19.03 0.57 0.149 0.029 0.385
 Week 3 23.14 24.48 23.93 24.66 0.68 0.288 0.029 0.499
ADG, g
 Week 1 357 381 381 388 31 0.619 0.619 0.767
 Week 2 704 788 762 799 32 0.273 0.061 0.450
 Week 3 734 802 756 804 39 0.762 0.151 0.806
 Overall 598 657 633 663 20 0.305 0.032 0.479
ADFI, g
 Week 1 637 673 624 658 41 0.640 0.270 0.974
 Week 2 1,015 1,098 1,066 1,127 60 0.412 0.150 0.827
 Week 3 1,085a 1,196a 1,315b 1,218a 51 0.015 0.888 0.041
 Overall 913 989 1,002 1,001 37 0.112 0.227 0.220
G:F
 Week 1 0.562 0.570 0.610 0.571 0.030 0.420 0.604 0.442
 Week 2 0.717 0.720 0.721 0.710 0.030 0.931 0.904 0.813
 Week 3 0.682 0.675 0.579 0.671 0.034 0.128 0.223 0.158
 Overall 0.665 0.669 0.633 0.664 0.020 0.380 0.402 0.498

1Ing = main effect of DDGS; Enz = main effect of xylanase; Ing × Enz = interaction effect between DDGS and xylanase.

abMeans lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).