Table 2.

Effect of creep feed and phytase on weaning pig performance ¹.

		BW, kg			ADG, kg/d			ADFI, kg/d			FCR, kg:kg
Creep Feed	Phytase, FTU/kg	d0	d7	d21	d0–7	d7–21	d0-21	d0–7	d7–21	d0–21	d0–7	d7–21	d0–21
No		6.6	7.6	14.1	0.14 b	0.47	0.36	0.18	0.53	0.41	1.35 a	1.13	1.15
Yes		7.1	8.7	15.5	0.23 a	0.49	0.40	0.22	0.56	0.45	0.99 b	1.17	1.13
	0	6.8	8.1	14.5	0.18	0.46	0.36	0.20	0.54	0.43	1.23	1.19	1.18 a
	2000	6.8	8.2	15.1	0.19	0.49	0.39	0.20	0.55	0.43	1.11	1.11	1.10 b
SEM		0.29	0.37	0.58	0.020	0.023	0.020	0.020	0.026	0.022	0.074	0.027	0.025
p-value
Creep feed		0.255	0.057	0.127	0.011	0.611	0.171	0.164	0.341	0.248	0.005	0.323	0.640
Phytase		0.822	0.713	0.406	0.620	0.290	0.316	0.963	0.845	0.868	0.317	0.082	0.053
Creep feed × phytase		0.797	0.853	0.996	0.962	0.839	0.860	0.727	0.594	0.755	0.859	0.560	0.681

¹ Least squares means (LSM) represent the main effects of eight replicate pens per treatment group (four pigs per pen); ^a,b LSM in each treatment that do not share a common superscript differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05); BW = body weight; ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; FCR = ADFI/ADG.