Table 1.
Effect of Arthrospira platensis, individually or combined with exogenous CAZymes, on growth performance parameters of piglets
Diets | ||||||
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Control | AP | AP + R | AP + L | SEM | p-value | |
Initial weight (kg) | 12.1 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 0.15 | 0.808 |
Final weight (kg) | 31.0b | 28.3a | 28.4a | 27.8a | 0.40 | 0.009 |
ADFI (g) | 997 | 960 | 943 | 960 | 12.8 | 0.521 |
ADG (g) | 677a | 593b | 582b | 567b | 12.4 | 0.001 |
FCR | 1.48a | 1.62b | 1.62b | 1.69b | 0.023 | < 0.001 |
Dietary treatments: cereal and soybean meal-based diet (control); basal diet with 10% of Arthrospira platensis (AP);
basal diet with 10% of Arthrospira platensis supplemented with 0.005% of Rovabio® (AP + R); basal diet with 10% of
Arthrospira platensis supplemented with 0.01% of lysozyme (AP + L). ADFI average daily feed intake, ADG average daily weight gain, FCR feed conversion ratio