Table 10.
CL | CBH | CBL | SB | BAG | SEM | Value of p | |
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Final body weight, g | 700.08b | 745.80a | 722.00ab | 702.50b | 713.00ab | 6.09 | 0.037 |
Average daily gain, g | 44.98b | 45.65a | 44.37ab | 43.85b | 44.78ab | 0.22 | 0.037 |
Total daily feed intake, g | 1259.48 | 1278.10 | 1242.30 | 1227.80 | 1253.90 | 15.37 | 0.155 |
Feed/gain | 1.81a | 1.71b | 1.72b | 1.75ab | 1.76ab | 0.01 | 0.019 |
Mean values within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (p<0.05).
CL, control; CBL, low-level Clostridium butyricum; CBH, high-level Clostridium butyricum; SB, sodium butyrate; BAG, butyric acid glycerides; and SEM, standard error.