Table 2.

Growth performance of weaning piglets.

Item	Treatments1			SEM	P-value
	Control	T1	T2
Day 5 post-weaning
Initial weight, kg	7.09	7.05	7.09	0.070	0.959
BW at d 5 post-weaning, kg	6.89	6.91	6.94	0.063	0.952
ADG, g/pig per day	−51.29	−34.17	−38.83	9.767	0.782
ADFI, g/pig per day	69.14	89.20	93.87	5.140	0.127
F:G	−1.35	−2.61	−2.42	0.893	0.240
Digestible energy intake, kcal/pig	238.22	307.27	302.91	16.61	0.190
Day 21 post-weaning
BW at d 21 post-weaning, kg	11.58b	13.17a	12.07ab	0.278	0.047
ADG, g/pig per day	224.57b	306.00a	248.88ab	13.801	0.035
ADFI, g/pig per day	477.42	526.72	524.54	25.139	0.691
F:G	2.13	1.72	2.11	0.136	0.405
Digestible energy intake, kcal/pig	1,644.99	1,814.33	1,692.69	83.900	0.709

^{a, b} Values with different letters within the same row are different (P < 0.05); n = 6.

¹T1 = Basal diet containing 1% L-Gln, 0.5% L-Glu, and 0.1% L-Asp; T2 = energy deficiency diet containing 1% L-Gln, 0.5% L-Glu, and 0.1% L-Asp; BW = body weight; ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; F:G = gain-to-feed ratio.