Effects of different starch structures on energy metabolism in pigs

Table 2 Effect of dietary starch structure on growth performance of pigs

Item	CON	AR					SEM	P-value
Item	CON	3.09	1.47	0.25	0.15	0.12	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Initial BW, kg	10.07	10.10	10.14	10.13	10.24	10.28	0.12	0.996	0.586	0.860
Final BW, kg	25.48^b	27.27^ab	27.37^a	27.81^a	28.39^a	27.63^a	0.28	0.049	0.380	0.543
ADG, kg	0.55^b	0.61^a	0.62^a	0.63^a	0.65^a	0.62^a	0.01	0.015	0.448	0.522
ADFI, kg	0.92^b	0.91^b	0.96^ab	1.00^ab	1.05^a	1.01^ab	0.01	0.047	0.020	0.031
F:G, kg/kg	1.67^a	1.49^c	1.56^bc	1.58^abc	1.62^ab	1.63^ab	0.01	0.005	0.001	0.002

AR Amylose/amylopectin ratio, CON Control group, ADFI Average daily feed intake, ADG Average daily gain, F:G The ratio of average daily feed intake to average daily gain
^a–cMeans within a row with different superscripts significantly different (P < 0.05)

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