Research Article

Effects of Dietary Chlorogenic Acid Supplementation Derived from Lonicera macranthoides Hand-Mazz on Growth Performance, Free Amino Acid Profile, and Muscle Protein Synthesis in a Finishing Pig Model

Table 1

Growth performance of finishing pigs with different levels of dietary CGA supplementation.

ItemsControl0.02%0.04%0.08%SEM value

Initial weight (kg)72.4071.6771.9271.580.920.99
Final weight (kg)96.8095.1596.7092.921.140.62
ADG1 (g/d)750.55ab688.71b844.52a725.16ab25.500.07
ADFI2 (g/d)2446.002225.202264.002400.9058.570.53
F/G33.36ab3.27ab2.87b3.72a0.140.06

1ADG: average daily gain. 2ADFI: average daily feed intake. 3F/G: feed intake to body weight gain ratio. a,b,cValues in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different at .