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Table 3. Effects of brine mineral water (BMW) on the growth performance in the growing-finishing pigs.

Items	Diluted BMW in intake water (%)				SEM	p-value
Items	0	2	3	5	SEM	p-value
Growing phase
Initial BW (kg)	40.55	40.98	40.59	40.12	1.499	0.989
ADG (g)	827	817	862	815	12.964	0.084
ADFI (g)	2,123	2,074	2,044	2,047	46.936	0.768
G/F	0.394	0.398	0.424	0.406	0.012	0.391
Final BW (kg)	70.50^a	70.83^a	69.67^a	65.86^b	0.996	0.026
Finishing phase
ADG (g)	1,034	1,050	1,084	945	36.728	0.132
ADFI (g)	3,304^b	3,418^b	3,391^b	3,539^a	48.966	0.042
G/F	0.314	0.307	0.320	0.267	0.013	0.067
Final BW (kg)	99.39^a	99.61^a	99.78^a	92.77^b	1.092	0.002
Total phase
ADG (g)	930^ab	934^ab	973^a	880^b	18.153	0.037
ADFI (g)	2,713	2,746	2,717	2,793	41.482	0.625
G/F	0.354	0.353	0.372	0.336	0.011	0.205

^a,b

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).

Growing phase, 0 to 27 days; Finishing phase, 28 to 56 days; Total phase, 0 to 56 days.

BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G/F, gain/feed ratio.