Table 1.
Item | Treatments1 |
P-value | ||
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CTL | FA | VA | ||
Initial BW, kg | 8.9 ± 0.15 | 8.85 ± 0.08 | 8.86 ± 0.04 | 0.680 |
Final BW, kg | 17.17 ± 0.53b | 17.7 ± 0.51b | 18.39 ± 0.49a | 0.003 |
ADG, g | 413.75 ± 30.64b | 442.92 ± 24.31b | 476.25 ± 24.02a | 0.004 |
ADFI, g | 598.71 ± 5.48 | 615.46 ± 47.39 | 642.38 ± 21.78 | 0.449 |
F:G | 1.45 ± 0.11 | 1.39 ± 0.08 | 1.35 ± 0.06 | 0.157 |
ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; F:G = feed-to-gain ratio.
a,b Data were shown as means ± SD (n = 12), values with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).
CTL, a basal diet; FA, a basal diet containing 4,000 mg/kg ferulic acid; VA, a basal diet supplemented with 4,000 mg/kg vanillic acid.