Table 2. Effects of dietary mixture of protease and probiotics on growth performance of growing-finishing pigs1)

Items2) CON MULTI SEM p-value
Phase I (1–60 d)
 Initial BW (kg) 35.19 35.32 0.69 0.893
 Final BW (kg) 85.60 85.37 0.99 0.869
 ADG (g/d) 840.25 834.22 9.80 0.669
 ADFI (g/d) 2,428.09 2,410.25 26.11 0.761
 G:F (g/g) 0.353 0.354 0.04 0.922
Phase II (61–88 d)
 Final BW (kg) 112.73 112.23 1.48 0.816
 ADG (g/d) 968.77 959.45 27.71 0.813
 ADFI (g/d) 3,108.87 3,151.76 143.48 0.894
 G:F (g/g) 0.313 0.314 0.15 0.689
Overall (1–88 d)
 Initial BW (kg) 35.19 35.32 0.68 0.893
 Final BW (kg) 112.73 112.23 1.48 0.816
 ADG (g/d) 881.14 874.06 13.19 0.707
 ADFI (g/d) 2,768.48 2,781.01 83.06 0.947
 G:F (g/g) 0.321 0.321 0.08 0.704
Each value is the mean value of 4 replicates (6 pigs/pen).
CON, basal diet; MULTI, CON + 0.01% protease and probiotics; SEM, standard error of means; BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain to feed ratio.