Item | Dietary treatments1 | SEM | P-value |
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Basal2 | inSeMP2 | orgSeMP2 | Â | Â |
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Initial body weight, kg | 12.58 | 12.91 | 12.22 | 0.201 | 0.543 |
Final body weight, kg | 23.7 | 24.7 | 23.4 | 0.759 | 0.455 |
ADG, kg/d | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.029 | 0.171 |
ADFI, kg/d | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.027 | 0.287 |
Gain:feed, kg/kg | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.026 | 0.058 |
- InSeMP mushroom powder supplemented with inorganic selenium, orgSeMP mushroom powder enriched with organic selenium, ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake
- 1Dietary treatments: (1) Basal diet; (2) basal diet + inSeMP containing an inorganic selenium (selenite) content of 0.3 mg/kg feed and a β-glucan content of 650 mg/kg feed; (3) basal diet + orgSeMP containing an organic selenium (selenocysteine) content of 0.3 mg/kg feed and a β-glucan content of 650 mg/kg feed
- 2A total of 8 replicates were used per treatment group