Table 2.
Items | days 0–7 | days 7–14 | days 14–21 | days 21–42 | SEM | Value of p | ||||||
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CON | XY | CON | XY | CON | XY | CON | XY | Diet | Age | Diet*Age | ||
Average daily gain, g/d | 14.12f | 14.55f | 20.53e | 21.62e | 37.28d | 40.34c | 51.57b | 60.10a | 0.96 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
Average daily feed intake, g | 15.00e | 15.18e | 22.28d | 23.30d | 56.18c | 56.38c | 89.61b | 98.89a | 1.57 | 0.030 | <0.01 | 0.014 |
Feed conversion ratio | 1.06d | 1.04d | 1.09d | 1.08d | 1.52b | 1.40c | 1.65a | 1.74a | 0.04 | 0.056 | <0.01 | 0.482 |
CON (n = 8) is AT-xynA un-supplemented group; XY (n = 8) is 4,000 U/kg AT-xynA supplemented group.
Means with a row with no common superscript differ significantly.