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Table 2 Effects of different forms of yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth performance of pigletsa

From: Effects of different forms of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth performance, intestinal development, and systemic immunity in early-weaned piglets

Item

Dietary treatmentb

SEM

P value

Control

LY

HKY

SFY

ADG, g/d

     

 Days 0- 7

60.88

71.68

64.27

67.80

5.20

0.52

 Days 8-14

122.23

143.39

135.29

141.39

12.60

0.64

 Days 15-21

200.64

218.77

230.71

216.54

10.80

0.32

 Days 0-21

127.92

144.61

143.42

141.91

7.00

0.35

ADFI, g/d

      

 Days 0- 7

127.30

136.07

133.21

136.01

3.28

0.79

 Days 8-14

231.04

234.71

246.21

240.43

8.15

0.94

 Days 15-21

342.96

347.04

386.93

358.73

8.46

0.26

 Days 0-21

233.77

239.27

255.45

245.06

5.40

0.58

G:F, g/d

     

 Day 0-7

0.48

0.53

0.48

0.50

0.02

0.27

 Days 8-14

0.53

0.61

0.55

0.59

0.02

0.18

 Days 15-21

0.59d

0.63c

0.60d

0.61cd

0.01

0.03

 Days 0-21

0.55d

0.60c

0.56d

0.58cd

0.01

0.02

  1. aValues are means for n = 4 replicates
  2. b LY live yeast, HKY heat-killed whole yeast, SFY superfine yeast powders
  3. c, dMeans in a row without a common letter differ (P < 0.05)