| BW (kg) [mean ± standard deviation (SD)] |  | ||
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Treatment group# | BW day 0 | BW end of nursery | BW at slaughter | |
Control group | 6.0 ± 1.30 | 19.2 ± 3.36 | 100.5 ± 9.98 | |
Test group | 6.3 ± 1.29 | 19.5 ± 3.30 | 105.1 ± 8.65 |
 | ADWG (g) [mean ± standard error of the means (SEM)] |  | ||
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Nursery period | Finishing period | Total study period | ||
Control group | 325.5 ± 24.3a | 795.2 ± 13.2a | 661.4 ± 7.4a | |
Test group | 323.1 ± 24.3a | 829.5 ± 13.0b | 685.9 ± 7.2b |