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Table 3 Growth performance of weaned pigs fed different levels of PEOa

From: Effects of plant essential oil supplementation on growth performance, immune function and antioxidant activities in weaned pigs

Itemsb

CON

PEO50

PEO100

PEO200

P

Linear

Quadratic

IBW

9.25 ± 0.41

9.18 ± 0.24

9.16 ± 0.61

9.17 ± 0.49

0.977

0.294

FBW

15.53 ± 0.28

15.52 ± 0.20

15.55 ± 0.76

16.00 ± 0.54

0.922

0.895

BWG, kg

6.41 ± 0.55

6.33 ± 0.23

6.39 ± 0.71

6.83 ± 0.33

0.657

0.031

ADG, kg/d

0.45 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.02

0.46 ± 0.05

0.50 ± 0.03

0.114

0.099

ADFI, kg/d

0.67 ± 0.07

0.70 ± 0.03

0.67 ± 0.19

0.66 ± 0.04

0.770

0.829

F:G

1.47 ± 0.05

1.55 ± 0.07

1.43 ± 0.38

1.34 ± 0.09

0.008

0.007

  1. Treatments: CON means basal diet; PEO50 means basal diet with 50 ppm PEO; PEO100 means basal diet with 100 ppm PEO; PEO200 means basal diet with 200 ppm PEO
  2. aValues are means ± S.E, n = 6
  3. bIBW initial body weight, FBW final body weight, BWG body weight gain, ADG average daily gain