Effect of small peptide chelated iron on growth performance, immunity and intestinal health in weaned pigs

Table 1 Effect of SPCI on growth performance and nutrients digestibility in weaned pigs¹

ITEM²						SEM	P-value
ITEM²	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
IBW (kg)	9.75	9.88	9.83	9.92	10.18	0.10	0.73	0.24	0.42
FBW (kg)	14.53	14.64	14.59	14.71	14.19	0.12	0.10	0.63	0.50
ADG (g/day)	227.62^a	226.67^a	226.59^a	228.41^a	190.56^b	10.20	< 0.05	0.03	< 0.01
ADFI (g/day)	481.33^a	418.06^b	417.62^b	409.98^b	365.40^b	4.06	0.04	< 0.01	< 0.01
F:G	2.12^a	1.84^b	1.85^b	1.79^b	1.94^ab	0.04	0.02	0.02	< 0.01
DM (%)	89.18	90.13	90.02	88.83	88.56	0.76	0.15	0.46	< 0.05
CP (%)	81.92^a	84.87^a	82.88^a	83.03^a	79.03^b	0.56	< 0.01	0.75	0.06
EE (%)	79.21	77.66	82.30	80.74	80.60	0.32	0.48	0.21	0.47
GE (%)	87.74	88.68	88.89	87.42	87.98	0.25	0.49	0.53	0.07

¹Mean and total SEM are list in Separate columns (n = 6)
²IBW, initial body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI,average daily feed intake; F:G,feed to gain ratio; DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract
³T1, control (basal diet); T2, the basal diet containing 50 mg/kg SPCI ; T3, the basal diet containing 75 mg/kg SPCI ; T4, the basal diet containing 100 mg/kg SPCI; T5, the basal diet containing 125 mg/kg SPCI.
^a,b Means in the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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