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. 2021 Mar 4;11(3):678. doi: 10.3390/ani11030678

Table 4.

Production results in weaned pigs receiving different diets.

Item Dietary Treatment 1 SEM p-Value
PC NC SP SB XLA
Pigs, n 948 1 866 949 948 927
BW at entry 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 0.09 NS
BW at exit 30.7 a 30.7 a 30.8 a 30.7 a 29.2 b 0.23 <0.001
Phase 1, 6–9 kg
  Days per pig 11 11 11 11 11
  ADFI 1, g/day 168 a 173 ab 178 a b 181 b 175 ab 0.004 0.009
  ADG 1, g/day 132 a 128 a 127 a 131 a 108 b 4.00 <0.001
  FCR1, kg/kg growth 1.33 a 1.42 ab 1.46 b 1.44 a b 1.67 c 0.035 <0.001
Phase 1+2, 6–15 kg
  Days per pig 30 30 30 30 30
  ADFI, g/day 396 ab 387 b 393 ab 404 a 359 c 0.005 <0.001
  ADG, g/day 294 a 286 a 280 a 290 a 217 b 4.36 <0.001
  FCR, kg/kg growth 1.36 a 1.36 a 1.41 b 1.40 b 1.66 c 0.008 <0.001
Overall period, 6–30 kg
  Days per pig 48 48 48 48 49
  ADFI, g/day 680 a 680 a 690 a 700 a 650 b 0.006 <0.001
  ADG, g/day 480 a 477 a 480 a 482 a 438 b 4.76 <0.001
  FCR, kg/kg growth 1.42 a 1.43 ab 1.44 b c 1.45 c 1.49 d 0.007 <0.001
Extracted, % 4.5 ab (3.3;6.2) 5.5 a (4.4;6.8) 3.2 b (2.2;4.6) 3.5 b (2.5;5.0) 3.5 b (2.4;5.0) - 0.023
Dead, % 1.0 (0.5;1.9) 1.0 (0.6;1.6) 0.6 (0.3;1.4) 1.0 (0.6;2.0) 0.5 (0.2;1.2) - 0.516

1 PC = Positive control; NC = Negative control, SP = Soy protein concentrate, SB = Soybean meal, XLA = X-low-protein + amino acids; ADG = average daily gain, ADFI = average daily feed intake, FCR = feed conversion ratio. a,b,c Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05; NS = not significant.