Table 3.

Effect of diets on the growth performance of pigs.

	Control-diet	Eco-diet	Local-diet	RSD	Statistics
Animals, n	31	29	30
Initial BW, kg	40.8	40.5	40.9	0.11
Growing BW, kg	61.4	61.1	60.6	0.09
Final BW, kg	113	113	113	0.08	G**
Growing period
Initial BW, kg	40.8	40.5	40.9	0.10
Growing BW, kg	61.4	61.1	60.6	0.09
Duration, d	23	23	23
Total feed intake, kg/pig	47.3	45.9	48.0	0.15
ADG, g/d	896	898	854	0.15	G**
ADFI, kg/pig/d	2.06	1.99	2.09	0.15	G***
FCR	2.32ab	2.24b	2.48a	0.11	G*, S**,D**
Daily water consumption, L/pig/d	4.47	4.47	4.84	0.31	G*, S*
Finishing period
Initial BW, kg	61.4	61.1	60.6	0.09
Final BW, kg	113	113	113	0.08	G**
Duration, d	55	55	55
Total feed intake, kg/pig	142.5	144.3	149.9	0.11
ADG, g/d	938	940	963	0.10	G**
ADFI, kg/pig/d	2.69	2.72	2.83	0.11	S***
FCR	2.65	2.69	2.72	0.09	G***,S**
Daily water consumption, L/pig/d	5.26	5.52	5.99	0.31	S***
Growing–finishing period
Duration, d	78	78	78
Total feed intake, kg/pig	189.8	190.2	198.0	0.11
ADG, g/d	926	927	931	0.10	G***
ADFI, kg/pig/d	2.50	2.50	2.60	0.11	S***
FCR	2.64	2.64	2.74	0.11	G***, S***
Daily water consumption, L/pig/d	5.02	5.20	5.64	0.30	S**
Carcass yield, %	78.2	78.3	78.4	0.01	G**, S*
Lean meat, %	61.0	61.3	60.7	0.03	G*
Carcass weight, kg	88.4	88.3	89.0	0.08	G*

ADG, average daily gain (g/d); ADFI, average daily feed intake (kg/pig/d); FCR, feed conversion ratio (ADFI/ADG); G, gender; S, sire; RSD, Residual standard deviation;

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.

^a,bMeans with different superscripts (a, b) are significantly different between the experimental diet (p < 0.05).