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Table 4 Effect of dietary treatment on pig growth performance (d 21–39; least-square mean values ± SEM)

From: The effects of dietary supplementation with mushroom or selenium enriched mushroom powders on the growth performance and intestinal health of post-weaned pigs

Item

Dietary treatments1

SEM

P-value

Basal2

inSeMP2

orgSeMP2

  

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

  1. InSeMP mushroom powder supplemented with inorganic selenium, orgSeMP mushroom powder enriched with organic selenium, ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake
  2. 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
  3. 2A total of 8 replicates were used per treatment group