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Table 3 Effect of egg yolk antibody, zinc oxide, fumaric acid and antibiotic on the performance and intestinal morphology of 10 to 24 day old pigs fed diets based on pea protein concentrate

From: Alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters for use in swine production: a review

Items

Control

Egg yolk antibody

Zinc oxide

Fumaric acid

Carbadox

SEM

Weight gain, g/d

100.9

151.2

158.9

155.4

152.6

16.6

Feed intake, g/d

141.0

208.1

214.7

211.6

222.4

15.3

Feed conversion

1.39

1.38

1.35

1.36

1.45

0.04

Scour score

2.7

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.1

-

Mortality, %

40.0

6.6

13.3

6.6

13.3

-

Villus height, m

355

564

488

573

570

20.0

Crypt depth, m

204

183

190

207

204

10.1

Villous height:crypt depth

1.7

3.1

2.6

2.8

2.8

0.11

  1. Owusu-Asiedu et al. [41].