Table 3. Effects of dietary aluminosilicate on growth performance and frequency of diarrhea of weaned pigs (Exp. 2)1)

Item2) CON CON + AS SEM p-value
Day 1 to 42
 Initial BW (kg) 7.92 7.97 0.56 0.899
 Final BW (kg) 22.57 23.68 0.93 0.798
 ADG (kg/d) 0.349 0.374 0.016 0.238
 ADFI (kg/d) 0.590 0.589 0.047 0.857
 G:F (kg/kg) 0.591 0.635 0.023 0.490
Day 1 to 14
 Frequency of diarrhea (%) 22.22 17.78 0.543
Each value is the mean value of 6 replicates (4 pigs/pen).
CON, basal diet based on corn and soybean meal; CON + AS, CON + 0.3% dietary aluminosilicate; BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain to feed ratio; Frequency of diarrhea = (number of diarrhea with score 3 or grater / number of pen days) × 100.