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. 2019 Nov 12;33(10):1617–1623. doi: 10.5713/ajas.19.0473

Table 2.

Effects of feeding program on growth performance in weaning pigs

Items TRT11) TRT21) TRT31) TRT41) TRT51) TRT61) TRT71) TRT81) SEM p-value2)
High nutrition density Low nutrition density Probiotics Feed type Nutrition density Probiotics × feed type Feed type × nutrition density Probiotics × nutrition density Interaction
Dry type Wet type Dry type Wet type
NC Probiotics NC Probiotics NC Probiotics NC Probiotics
Body weight (kg)
 Initial 7.08 7.08 7.07 7.05 7.04 7.04 7.02 7.02 0.61 0.930 0.963 0.985 0.997 0.991 0.994 0.994
 Phase13) 8.09 8.16 8.13 8.16 8.16 8.09 8.03 8.11 0.63 0.940 0.966 0.951 0.928 0.957 0.963 0.913
 Phase23) 10.75 10.95 10.82 11.22 10.12 10.35 10.20 10.54 0.69 0.216 0.755 0.557 0.975 0.874 0.988 0.964
 Phase33) 13.56 15.15 14.38 15.84 12.79 14.11 12.93 14.31 1.02 0.118 0.535 0.064 0.690 0.982 0.906 0.951
Phase1
 ADG (g) 201 216 213 221 224 211 201 218 18 0.970 0.980 0.608 0.532 0.634 0.716 0.485
 ADFI (g) 212 217 239 237 234 233 219 239 20 0.739 0.515 0.697 0.336 0.818 0.765 0.631
 G:F 0.968 0.998 0.889 0.930 0.960 0.907 0.917 0.916 0.032 0.366 0.063 0.864 0.234 0.495 0.197 0.663
Phase2
 ADG (g) 266 279 269 307 196 225 217 243 20 <0.001 0.248 0.083 0.891 0.723 0.945 0.616
 ADFI (g) 332 349 314 424 266 315 290 329 24 0.005 0.183 0.106 0.768 0.238 0.560 0.145
 G:F 0.800 0.802 0.859 0.723 0.738 0.727 0.751 0.738 0.046 0.099 0.986 0.242 0.739 0.300 0.415 0.313
Phase3
 ADG (g) 281 419 356 461 267 376 273 376 42 0.078 0.323 0.002 0.366 0.751 0.805 0.826
 ADFI (g) 418 623 529 669 452 551 403 565 61 0.141 0.486 0.003 0.283 0.986 0.634 0.470
 G:F 0.668 0.674 0.672 0.690 0.587 0.684 0.676 0.666 0.010 0.005 0.006 0.001 0.093 0.004 0.042 <0.001
Overall
 ADG (g) 259 323 292 352 230 283 236 291 21 0.007 0.220 0.002 0.448 0.978 0.815 0.918
 ADFI (g) 342 432 385 484 334 393 321 405 28 0.031 0.256 <0.001 0.249 0.666 0.569 0.851
 G:F 0.756 0.747 0.763 0.726 0.687 0.720 0.736 0.719 0.016 0.011 0.482 0.509 0.196 0.105 0.182 0.625

SEM, pooled standard error of means; NC, negative control; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain:feed.

1)

TRT1, high nutrition density feed × dry type × none; TRT2, high nutrition density feed × dry type × probiotics; TRT3, high nutrition density feed × wet type × none; TRT4, high nutrition density feed × wet type × probiotics; TRT5, low nutrition density feed × dry type × none; TRT6, low nutrition density feed × dry type × probiotics; TRT7, low nutrition density feed × wet type × none; TRT8, low nutrition density feed × wet type × probiotics.

2)

p<0.05 was considered statistically significant, whereas p<0.10 was considered a tendency.

3)

Phase 1, 0 to 5days; Phase 2, 5 to 15 days; Phase 3, 15 to 25 days.