Table 3 Daily feed intake, average daily gain, feed conversion efficiency and organ tissue weights of pigs after a 28 d trial of cornstarch soy-concentrate-based diets without (Control) or with Low (3.7 g/kg) or High (7.4 g/kg) levels of added camelina meal
Diet | Control | Low camelina | High camelina | SEM1 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | |||||
Start weight (kg) | 13.3 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 0.39 |
Final weight (kg) | 17.13 | 17.05 | 17.05 | 0.8 | 0.99 |
Average daily gain (g/d) | 185.1 | 236.8 | 233.8 | 17.7 | 0.10 |
Average feed intake (g/d) | 605.9 | 559.2 | 518.1 | 18.1 | 0.06 |
Feed conversion (feed/gain) | 3.72a | 2.37b | 2.32b | 0.3 | 0.04 |
Organ tissue, g | |||||
Liver | 346.4b | 418.4a | 421.7a | 19.0 | 0.02 |
Heart | 82.8 | 90.2 | 89.0 | 3.0 | 0.21 |
Spleen | 35.4 | 40.1 | 43.3 | 2.7 | 0.14 |
Thyroid | 19.4 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 2.8 | 0.48 |