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Table 3.

Growth performance of piglets as affected by dietary mixed organic acids (MOA) and antibiotic growth promoter (AGP) supplementation.¹

Item	Dietary treatments²					SEM	P-value
Item	CON	AGP	OA1	OA2	OA3	SEM	P-value
d 1 to 14
ADG, g	350^b	391^a	377^ab	378^ab	362^ab	7.73	0.02
ADFI, g	631	612	612	613	595	18.06	0.75
FCR, g/g	1.80^a	1.56^b	1.61^b	1.63^ab	1.64^ab	0.04	<0.01
Diarrhea rate, %	5.36^a	3.21^ab	2.50^ab	1.07^b	2.86^ab	0.81	0.03
d 15 to 28
ADG, g	532^c	602^a	583^ab	555^bc	528^c	8.38	<0.01
ADFI, g	954	910	901	873	924	21.11	0.14
FCR, g/g	1.79^a	1.51^c	1.55^bc	1.58^bc	1.75^ab	0.05	<0.01
d 1 to 28
ADG, g	441^d	497^a	480^ab	466^c	445^cd	4.90	<0.01
ADFI, g	792	761	756	743	760	15.96	0.31
FCR, g/g	1.79^a	1.53^c	1.57^bc	1.60^bc	1.70^ab	0.03	<0.01

ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio.

^{a, b, c, d} Different letters within a row mean a statistical difference (P < 0.05).

No piglets developed diarrhea during d 15 to d 28.

CON: control; AGP: chlorinomycin at 75 mg/kg + virginiamycin at 15 mg/kg + guitaromycin at 50 mg/kg; OA1: MOA at 3,000 mg/kg; OA2: MOA at 5,000 mg/kg; OA3: MOA at 7,000 mg/kg.