Table 4.

Weekly growth performance of CON diet and a multi-strain Bacillus subtilis-based DFM (CDFM)^†

Item	CON	CDFM	SEM	P-value
ADG, kg
Week 1	0.170	0.160	0.01	0.31
Week 2	0.295y	0.341x	0.02	0.08
Week 3	0.428	0.446	0.02	0.54
Week 4	0.581	0.573	0.03	0.82
Week 5	0.722	0.751	0.02	0.35
Week 6	0.832	0.809	0.03	0.59
Overall	0.507	0.513	0.01	0.67
ADFI, kg
Week 1	0.274	0.260	0.01	0.25
Week 2	0.399b	0.436a	0.01	0.04
Week 3	0.630b	0.693a	0.02	0.02
Week 4	0.854	0.877	0.02	0.49
Week 5	1.146	1.165	0.03	0.63
Week 6	1.359	1.401	0.04	0.41
Overall	0.777	0.805	0.02	0.23
G:F
Week 1	0.619	0.618	0.02	0.98
Week 2	0.735	0.779	0.03	0.25
Week 3	0.680	0.642	0.02	0.28
Week 4	0.679	0.653	0.02	0.28
Week 5	0.630	0.646	0.01	0.44
Week 6	0.613a	0.577b	0.01	0.04
Overall	0.659	0.653	0.01	0.58

^†CDFM (United Animal Health, Sheridan, IN), performance data taken from n = 8 pens per treatment, five pigs per pen from day 0 to 21, and four pigs per pen from day 21 to 42.

^a,bValues in a common row lacking a common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).

^x,yValues in a common row lacking a common superscript tend to differ (P ≤ 0.10).