# Influence of Sugar Beet Pulp Supplementation on Pigs' Health and Production Quality
## 3 Results and Discussion  
### Pigs' Growth Performance  
Data of the body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), feed intake (FI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of control (CG) and treated (TG-I) groups are presented in Table 2 The ADG of the 81-116 days of age period pigs was similar in both groups. However, during the experimental period (81-163 days of age), the ADG was lower in TG-I than that in CG. A similar trend was observed for BW, FI and FCR.  
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**Growth Parameters** & **Period** & **CG** & **TG-I** \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Body weight (kg)} & 81 & \(24.85\pm 0.15\)\({}^{\text{a}}\) & \(25.20\pm 0.40\)\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{2-4}  & 116 & \(43.24\pm 0.52\)\({}^{\text{a}}\) & \(43.70\pm 0.34\)\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{2-4}  & 163 & \(95.94\pm 0.85\)\({}^{\text{a}}\) & \(94.30\pm 0.93\)\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{ADG (kg)} & 81–116 & 0.52\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 0.53\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{2-4}  & 117–163 & 1.14\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 1.10\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{2-4}  & 81–163 & 0.88\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 0.85\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{FI (kg)} & 81–116 & 1.28\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 1.33\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{2-4}  & 117–163 & 3.58\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 3.05\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{2-4}  & 81–163 & 2.46\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 2.24\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR, 1 kg of feed per 1 kg of body weight)} & 81–116 & 2.45\({}^{\text{a}}\) & 2.50\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\  & 117–163 & 3.14\({}^{\text{b}}\) & 2.77\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-4}  & 81–163 & 2.80\({}^{\text{b}}\) & 2.64\({}^{\text{a}}\) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Basal diet (CG) and basal diet with dried sugar beet pulp (TG-I). Data are presented as mean \(\pm\) standard error (\(n=150/\text{group}\)). \({}^{\text{a}}\)D Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (\(p\leq 0.05\)).  
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Table 2: Pigs’ growth performance in control (CG) and treated (TG-I) groups.  
The feeds enriched with fibre ingredients have ambiguous effects on the growth performance of pigs, whereas high-fibre diets significantly reduce the ADG of weaned pigs [49]. The reason for the diminished growth performance of pigs can be related with the decrease in nutrient digestibility and energy deposition caused by dietary fibre [50]. Studies on ADG and FCR changes after SBP inclusion in pig diets have obtained inconsistent results. It was reported that the inclusion of SBP in pigs' diet led to lower ADG [18; 51]. However, [PERSON] et al. [52] reported that including 10% of SBP into the diet increased the FCR during the growing period. Contrary, [PERSON] et al. [53] found no significant differences in feed consumption, ADG or FCR when up to 20% SBP was introduced into the feed for pigs. It is likely that the different responses to diets containing various amounts of fibre are related to the age of the animals and the fibre amount and source [54]. In addition to SBP inclusion, other feed compounds and their interactions can be important factors influencing microbial profile, nutrients digestion, as well as BW, ADG and FCR results.