Effects of dietary Selenomethionine supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, plasma selenium concentration, and immune function in weaning pigs

Table 2 Effect of dietary DL-SeMet supplementation on growth performance of weaning pigs

Items¹	Low-Se	Sodium selenite	DL-SeMet				SEM	P-value
Items¹	< 0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.7	SEM	P-value
0 d BW, g	9.92	9.93	9.96	9.94	9.96	9.95	0.02	0.39
21 d BW, g	16.33	16.68	16.72	16.16	16.28	16.78	0.16	0.05
42 d BW, g	24.69	26.71	26.07	26.26	25.27	26.76	0.50	0.05
0–21 d
ADFI, kg	0.46	0.48	0.46	0.44	0.45	0.48	0.02	0.36
ADG, kg	0.30	0.32	0.32	0.30	0.30	0.32	0.01	0.05
F:G	1.49	1.48	1.43	1.46	1.50	1.47	0.03	0.60
Mortality, %	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.78	0.00	2.78	1.43	0.44
22–42 d
ADFI, kg	0.97	1.06	1.00	1.04	1.01	1.02	0.03	0.44
ADG, kg	0.40	0.48	0.45	0.48	0.43	0.47	0.02	0.05
F:G	2.43^a	2.24^ab	2.24^ab	2.17^b	2.37^ab	2.15^b	0.06	0.01
Mortality, %	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.78	1.13	0.44
0–42 d
ADFI, kg	0.71	0.77	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.75	0.02	0.58
ADG, kg	0.35	0.40	0.38	0.39	0.36	0.40	0.01	0.05
F:G	2.02	1.93	1.90	1.90	2.00	1.87	0.04	0.05
Mortality, %	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.78	0.00	5.56	2.32	0.44

^a-cMeans followed by different letters in a row differ significantly (P < 0.05), followed by no or same letters indicated no significant difference (P > 0.05).
¹BW: body weight, ADFI: average daily feed intake, ADG: average daily gain, F:G: feed: gain ratio.

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