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Table 2 Feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and carcass weight of pigs fed either a control diet or a diet supplemented with 750 mg niacin/kg diet for 3 wk

From: Niacin supplementation increases the number of oxidative type I fibers in skeletal muscle of growing pigs

 

Control

Niacin

Pvalue

n = 12

n = 13

(ANOVA)

Feed intake (kg/d)

2.14 ± 0.27

2.13 ± 0.26

0.838

Initial body weight (kg)

32.7 ± 1.3

32.9 ± 1.5

0.829

Final body weight (kg)

53.5 ± 2.4

53.7 ± 3.9

0.864

Total body weight gain (kg)

20.7 ± 2.2

20.9 ± 2.6

0.915

Daily body weight gain (kg)

0.99 ± 0.10

0.99 ± 0.13

0.915

Carcass weight (kg)

40.5 ± 1.9

41.0 ± 2.9

0.567

Feed conversion ratio (kg feed/kg weight gain)

2.21 ± 0.42

2.22 ± 0.42

0.899

  1. Values are means ± SD.
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BMC Veterinary Research

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