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Table 4 Effects of dietary seaweed-derived polysaccharides (SDP) on growth performance of weaned pigs (Exp. 1)

From: Dietary seaweed-derived polysaccharides improve growth performance of weaned pigs through maintaining intestinal barrier function and modulating gut microbial populations

 Items

 CON

Dietary SDP, mg/kg

P-value 

  

200

400

800

 

Initial BW, kg

6.77 ± 0.09

6.75 ± 0.08

6.80 ± 0.09

6.87 ± 0.09

0.779

Final BW, kg

12.24 ± 0.18b

12.65 ± 0.26b

13.24 ± 0.13a

13.47 ± 0.17a

0.001

ADFI, g

386.1 ± 5.3

392.3 ± 13.0

409.4 ± 7.7

418.1 ± 13.7

0.150

ADG, g

260.5 ± 7.3b

281.1 ± 10.3b

306.7 ± 4.7a

314.2 ± 5.5a

< 0.001

F/G

1.49 ± 0.04b

1.47 ± 0.03b

1.34 ± 0.02a

1.36 ± 0.05a

0.004

Mortality, %

6.67

3.33

1.67

1.67

0.376

  1. ADFI average daily feed intake; ADG average daily gain; F/G feed: gain
  2. n = 6 for each group a,bMean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0.05)