Item | NC | BAO | SEM | P |
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Initial weight, kg | 8.35 | 8.12 | 0.076 | 0.101 |
Final weight, kg | 12.46b | 13.32a | 0.168 | 0.011 |
ADG, g | 297.5b | 372.5a | 0.012 | 0.005 |
ADFI, g | 547.5 | 545.0 | 0.005 | 0.730 |
F/G | 1.863a | 1.463b | 0.066 | 0.007 |
- Dates are presented as means ± SEM (n = 4)
- ADGAverage daily gain, ADFIAverage daily feed intake, F/Gthe ratio of feed intake to gain, NCCorn−soybean meal basal diets, BAOCorn−soybean meal basal diets+5 kg/t benzoic acid+500 g/t essential oils
- a,bMean values within a row with different letters differ at P < 0.05