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Table 2 Growth performance of CNT and AAP pigs housed in good (good) or poor (poor) hygiene of housing conditions for 3 weeks.1

From: A blend of functional amino acids and grape polyphenols improves the pig capacity to cope with an inflammatory challenge caused by poor hygiene of housing conditions

Experimental diets2

CNT

AAP

SEM4

P-value5

Hygiene conditions3

Good

Poor

Good

Poor

ED

Hyg

ED × Hyg

No.6

20

20

20

20

    

Challenge period, from week 7 to 9

 Initial BW, kg

28.5

28.2

27.8

28.4

0.33

0.75

0.80

0.41

 Final BW, kg

46.2 a

42.5 b

45.4 ab

44. 9 ab

0.56

0.55

0.03

0.04

 ADFI, kg/day

1.846

1.776

1.839

1.945

0.02

0.10

0.67

0.07

 ADG, kg/day

0.843 a

0.683 b

0.838 a

0.786 ab

0.02

0.14

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 FCR

2.21

2.58

2.21

2.45

0.03

0.60

 < 0.01

0.18

  1. BW body weight, ADFI average daily feed intake, ADG average daily gain, FCR feed conversion ratio
  2. 1Values are least square means
  3. 2Pigs were fed the CNT or AAP diet for 6 weeks after weaning (from Week 0 to 6). The AAP diet consisted of a control standard diet (CNT) supplemented with 0.2% of a blend of functional amino acids (L-arginine, L-cystine, L-leucine, L-valine, L-isoleucine, and L-glutamine) and grape polyphenols
  4. 3 Pigs were housed in good (good) and poor (poor) hygiene of housing conditions for 3 weeks (from week 7 to 9) and were fed a standard diet
  5. 4Standard error of the mean
  6. 5Probability values for the effect of experimental diets (ED), hygiene conditions (Hyg) and their interaction (ED × Hyg)
  7. 6Number of pigs per group
  8. a,bWithin a row values with different superscripts differed (P ≤ 0.05)