Table 1. Changes growth performances of finishing pigs supplemented with humic acid and blueberry leaf powders
| | Treatments |
Period (wk) | CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 |
Weight (kg) | 0 | 60.4 | 60.3 | 60.1 | 60.2 | 60.4 | 60.5 |
4 | 83.4 | 83.6 | 83.1 | 84.3 | 84.6 | 84.3 |
7 | 102.9 | 105.5 | 103.9 | 105.4 | 106.2 | 106.0 |
ADG (kg) | 0–4 | 0.820 | 0.832 | 0.822 | 0.860 | 0.865 | 0.849 |
5–7 | 0.928 | 1.043 | 0.993 | 1.006 | 1.025 | 1.039 |
0–7 | 0.867 | 0.922 | 0.895 | 0.922 | 0.934 | 0.930 |
ADFI (kg) | 0–4 | 2.610c | 2.674c | 2.477d | 2.795b | 2.807b | 3.052a |
5–7 | 3.232b | 3.498a | 3.658a | 3.275ab | 3.247ab | 3.255ab |
0–7 | 2.876b | 3.012a | 2.988ab | 2.986ab | 2.988ab | 2.968ab |
FER (kg) | 0–4 | 0.341ab | 0.314ab | 0.336a | 0.308ab | 0.308ab | 0.278b |
5–7 | 0.288b | 0.306ab | 0.278b | 0.307ab | 0.315a | 0.319a |
0–7 | 0.301 | 0.307 | 0.303 | 0.309 | 0.312 | 0.313 |
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
CON, no addition; T1, blueberry leaf powder 0.1%; T2, blueberry leaf powder 0.2%; T3, humic acid 2%; T4, humic acid 2%+blueberry leaf powder 0.1%; T5, humic acid 2%+blueberry leaf powder 0.2%; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FER, feed efficiency rate.