Table 3. Effect of dietary illite supplementation on growth performance in growing - finishing pig

Items	CON1)	IL	SEM	p-value
Body weight (kg)
Initial	24.5	24.5	0.01	0.988
Day 42	50.4	50.9	0.30	0.767
Day 70	70.5	71.3	0.20	0.711
Day 98	92.4	93.4	0.30	0.822
Day 126	115.9	116.7	0.60	0.822
Day 0 to 42
ADG (g)	616	629	7.00	0.555
ADFI (g)	1588b	1642a	18.00	0.222
G:F	0.388	0.383	0.002	0.511
Day 43 to 70
ADG (g)	718	729	8.00	0.581
ADFI (g)	2141b	2287a	33.00	0.022
G:F	0.336a	0.319b	0.003	< .0001
Day 71 to 98
ADG (g)	782	788	10.00	0.850
ADFI (g)	2538	2524	22.00	0.844
G:F	0.308	0.312	0.004	0.563
Day 99 to126
ADG (g)	839	834	12.00	0.872
ADFI (g)	2735b	2843a	35.00	0.012
G:F	0.305a	0.295b	0.002	0.001
Overall
ADG (g)	725	732	5.00	0.766
ADFI (g)	2201	2224	13.00	0.677
G:F	0.330	0.329	0.001	0.810

CON, basal diet; IL, 0.5% illite.
Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake, G:F; gain to feed ratio.