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. 2021 Aug 18;14:100195. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2021.100195

Table 11.

Effects of supplementing Proteases exogenous enzymes in pig diets at different growing stages on animal performance.

Variable Weaning Growing Finishing
Control Proteases P-value % increment Control Proteases P-value % increment Control Proteases P-value % increment
Number of animals 23 23 83 83 168 168
Dosage of Enzyme in the diet, (g/kg) 0.001 ± 0.06 0.25 ± 0.06 0.01 0.01 ± 0.05 0.16 ± 0.05 0.03 0.001 ± 0.04 0.28 ± 0.04 0.01
Dosage of Enzyme in the diet, (g/d) 0.001 ± 0.18 0.12 ± 0.17 0.14 0.005 ± 0.17 0.31 ± 0.18 0.04 0.001 ± 0.12 0.71 ± 0.12 0.02
Dosage of Enzyme in the diet, (g/kg LW0.75) 0.002± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.84 0.001 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.90 0.001 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.01 0.02
Initial body weight, (kg) 7.1 ± 16.3 7.1 ± 16.3 0.98 0.0 29.2 ± 11.6 26.5 ± 11.6 0.70 −9.2 41.3 ± 8.2 47.3 ± 8.1 0.78 14.5
Average Daily Feed lntake, (kg/d) 0.72 ± 0.43 0.71 ± 0.43 0.94 −2.7 1.86 ± 0.30 1.83 ± 0.30 0.93 −1.6 2.72 ± 0.21 2.55 ± 0.21 0.91 −6.2
Average Daily Gain, (kg/d) 0.22 ± 0.08 0.32 ± 0.07 0.54 45.4 0.81 ± 0.05 0.83 ± 0.05 0.90 2.5 0.88 ± 0.04 0.88 ± 0.05 0.99 0.0
Gain: Feed, (kg/kg) 0.30 ± 0.03 0.47 ± 0.07 0.21 56.7 0.44 ± 0.02 0.46 ± 0.02 0.87 4.5 0.31 ± 0.02 0.34 ± 0.02 0.88 9.7

% increment compared with the control group.