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. 2021 Jun 14;99(7):skab190. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab190

Table 2.

Growth performance of pigs fed diet with β-glucanase

β-Glucanase, U/kg feed1 P-value
Item 0.0 200 400 600 SEM Linear Quadratic 0 vs. others
BW, kg
 Initial 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.3 0.5 0.990 0.925 0.983
 Day 7 15.2 14.9 15.7 15.3 0.7 0.578 0.712 0.863
 Day 14 20.0 19.1 20.9 20.2 1.0 0.247 0.824 0.933
 Day 21 25.2 24.6 27.0 25.8 1.1 0.091 0.663 0.378
ADG, g/d
 Day 0 to 7 408 365 465 413 38 0.530 0.713 0.837
 Day 7 to 14 682 602 742 700 55 0.275 0.632 0.991
 Day 14 to 21 747 778 873 810 35 0.068 0.171 0.067
 Overall 612 582 693 641 33 0.077 0.658 0.348
ADFI, g/d
 Day 0 to 7 577 535 633 573 41 0.415 0.708 0.898
 Day 7 to 14 880 870 1,001 938 66 0.127 0.546 0.271
 Day 14 to 21 1,452 1,384 1,605 1,526 84 0.119 0.925 0.461
 Overall 970 930 1,080 1,013 61 0.118 0.760 0.404
G:F
 Day 0 to 7 0.71 0.68 0.72 0.72 0.03 0.627 0.745 0.981
 Day 7 to 14 0.78 0.68 0.75 0.75 0.04 0.960 0.231 0.282
 Day 14 to 21 0.52 0.57 0.55 0.54 0.03 0.707 0.261 0.265
 Overall 0.63 0.62 0.65 0.64 0.02 0.537 0.957 0.841

1Four supplemental levels of β-glucanase (N = 40 total, n = 10 per supplemental level).