Treatment | Body weight (g) | DFC1 (%) | Weight gain (%) | Feed efficiency2 (%) | Survival (%) | ||
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Initial | Final | ||||||
10-g size | 1 meal per day | 8.9 ± 0.06 | 19.3 ± 2.2 | 1.29 ± 0.18b | 114 ± 16.3b | 89.7 ± 1.54b | 97.8 ± 1.92a |
2 meals per day | 8.8 ± 0.03 | 23.0 ± 1.4 | 1.60 ± 0.08ab | 159 ± 9.55ab | 93.6 ± 2.13a | 100 ± 0.00a | |
3 meals per day | 8.8 ± 0.05 | 21.6 ± 2.5 | 1.50 ± 0.15ab | 156 ± 17.3ab | 92.8 ± 1.27ab | 98.9 ± 1.92a | |
5 meals per day | 8.8 ± 0.07 | 24.2 ± 2.8 | 1.65 ± 0.19a | 174 ± 35.8a | 94.4 ± 2.43a | 100 ± 0.00a | |
40-g size | 1 meal per day | 38.4 ± 0.3 | 61.6 ± 5.02 | 0.82 ± 0.13b | 60.4 ± 11.9b | 75.5 ± 3.22a | 96.7 ± 2.89a |
2 meals per day | 38.7 ± 0.2 | 70.7 ± 5.16 | 1.04 ± 0.12a | 82.8 ± 14.2a | 80.6 ± 2.75a | 100 ± 0.00a | |
3 meals per day | 38.5 ± 0.2 | 72.7 ± 2.01 | 1.10 ± 0.04a | 88.9 ± 5.06a | 81.3 ± 1.86a | 100 ± 0.00a | |
5 meals per day | 38.7 ± 0.2 | 71.3 ± 1.94 | 1.06 ± 0.04a | 84.3 ± 4.98a | 81.0 ± 3.44a | 98.3 ± 2.89a |