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. 2020 Nov 4;4(4):txaa201. doi: 10.1093/tas/txaa201

Table 7.

Effect of phytase on growth performance of nursery pigs fed corn-SBM based diets^a

	Dietary treatments
Items	PC^b	NC^b	NC + 250 FTU^c	NC + 500 FTU	SEM	P-value
Initial BW, kg	9.79	9.76	9.8	9.8	0.39	1.00
Phase I, d 0 to d 14
ADG^d, g/d	406^a	300^b	329^b	343^b	16.01	< 0.01
ADFI^d, g/d	691^a	584^b	610^b	634^ab	28.04	0.02
G:F^d, g/g	0.592^a	0.514^b	0.536^b	0.541^b	0.012	< 0.01
BW on d 14, kg	15.5	14.0	14.4	14.6	0.56	0.06
Phase II, d 14 to d 28
ADG, g/d	574^a	371^c	423^b	472^b	17.43	< 0.01
ADFI, g/d	896^a	746^c	799^bc	833^ab	28.39	0.01
G:F, g/g	0.64^a	0.498^d	0.529^c	0.566^b	0.009	< 0.01
BW on d 28, kg	23.5^a	19.2^c	20.3^bc	21.2^b	0.68	< 0.01
Overall, d 0 to d 28
ADG, g/d	490^a	335^c	376^b	407^b	12.71	< 0.01
ADFI, g/d	793^a	665^b	705^b	733^ab	23.94	< 0.01
G:F, g/g	0.617^a	0.505^d	0.533^c	0.556^b	0.008	< 0.01

^a–dWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

^aData are LSMEANS of 10 observations per treatment.

^bPC, positive control; NC, negative control.

^cFTU, phytase units per kg complete diet.

^dADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain:feed.