Table 9.
Apparent ileal digestibility of nutrients in nursery pigs fed diets supplemented with phytobiotics and antibiotics as growth promoters (Exp. 1).
| Antibiotic (AGP) | − | + | SEM | p Value 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phytobiotic (PHY) | − | + | − | + | AGP | PHY | AGP × PHY | |
| Item, % | ||||||||
| Dry matter | 63.5 | 65.2 | 65.8 | 66.9 | 1.2 | 0.099 | 0.229 | 0.805 |
| Ether extract | 66.7 | 68.5 | 67.6 | 68.1 | 1.8 | 0.817 | 0.333 | 0.595 |
| Crude protein | 71.4 | 72.4 | 75.9 | 73.6 | 1.8 | 0.065 | 0.679 | 0.274 |
| Gross energy | 65.5 A | 69.2 B | 68.4 AB | 68.0 AB | 1.2 | 0.452 | 0.166 | 0.090 |
1 AGP and PHY factors and their interaction (n = 10 per treatment; n = 40 total). A,B Means within a row with different superscripts show a tendency to differ (0.05 ≤ p < 0.10).