Table 4.
Effects of fermented mixed feeds on the growth performance of finishing pigs.
| Item | Treatment |
SEM | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | 5% FMF | 10% FMF | |||
| Males | |||||
| Initial weight, kg | 76.88 | 77.40 | 75.75 | 0.95 | 0.776 |
| Final weight, kg | 108.73 | 109.42 | 109.13 | 1.22 | 0.974 |
| ADG, kg/d | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.01 | 0.459 |
| ADFI, kg/d | 3.32 | 3.28 | 3.31 | ||
| F:G | 4.06 | 3.99 | 3.88 | ||
| Females | |||||
| Initial weight, kg | 79.67 | 76.35 | 77.52 | 1.03 | 0.412 |
| Final weight, kg | 107.07 | 106.00 | 107.74 | 1.19 | 0.837 |
| ADG, kg/d | 0.72b | 0.78a | 0.79a | 0.01 | 0.026 |
| ADFI, kg/d | 3.19 | 2.90 | 3.22 | ||
| F:G | 4.41 | 3.75 | 4.14 | ||
CON = basal diet; FMF = fermented mixed feed; ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; F:G = the ratio of feed intake to body weight gain.
a,b Within a row, values with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05. Data are expressed as means and SEM, n = 24.