Table 5.
Effect of dietary treatment by phase on nursery pig BW, ADG, ADFI, and G:F
| Dietary Treatment | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Positive control | Novel Thr source | Negative control | SEM | Trt | Phase | Trt ×Phase |
| BW, kg | 0.100 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Day 0 | 6.91 | 6.90 | 6.91 | ||||
| Day 14 | 12.75a | 12.89a | 12.38b | ||||
| Day 28 | 20.49a | 20.48a | 19.07b | ||||
| ADG, kg | 0.008 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.279 | |||
| Day 0–14 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.38 | ||||
| Days 14–28 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.48 | ||||
| ADFI, kg | 0.011 | 0.376 | <0.001 | 0.656 | |||
| Days 0–14 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.52 | ||||
| Days 14–28 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.76 | ||||
| G:F | 0.008 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.015 | |||
| Days 0–14 | 0.80a | 0.77b | 0.73c | ||||
| Days 14–28 | 0.70a | 0.71a | 0.63b | ||||
Trt, treatment. Differing superscripts letters (a,b,c) indicate statistical significance (P < 0.05) between the treatments.