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Table 4 Effect of C. butyricum (CB) supplementation on growth performance and diarrhea of weaned pigs in Exp.1a

From: Effects of dietary Clostridium butyricum supplementation on growth performance, intestinal development, and immune response of weaned piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Items

Experimental treatments

Statistics

CON

AB

0.1% CB

0.2% CB

0.4% CB

0.8% CB

SEM

P-value

BW, kg

 0 d

7.11

7.11

7.10

7.11

7.11

7.11

0.005

0.999

 14 d

10.33

10.20

9.87

10.23

10.50

10.27

0.101

0.657

 28 d

16.17

16.51

15.44

16.29

16.91

15.40

0.248

0.454

ADFI, g/d

 1–14 d

343.99

334.40

305.91

338.76

349.84

322.17

7.754

0.640

 14–28 d

714.72

734.53

652.58

720.94

730.52

641.21

15.851

0.357

 1–28 d

529.35

534.47

479.25

529.85

540.18

481.69

10.981

0.398

ADG, g/d

 1–14 d

229.97

220.45

197.83

222.59

248.75

225.51

7.281

0.540

 14–28 d

417.26

461.31

397.32

433.04

457.59

367.16

12.731

0.240

 1–28 d

323.62

336.83

297.57

327.81

349.97

295.08

8.925

0.443

F/G

 1–14 d

1.50

1.54

1.59

1.53

1.42

1.45

0.023

0.299

 14–28 d

1.77

1.60

1.65

1.67

1.60

1.78

0.029

0.291

 1–28 d

1.65

1.60

1.63

1.62

1.55

1.66

0.019

0.633

bDiarrhea score

 1–14 d

0.17

0.15

0.17

0.15

0.05

0.09

0.019

0.442

 14–28 d

0.29

0.18

0.25

0.20

0.21

0.28

0.018

0.439

 1–28 d

0.23

0.16

0.21

0.17

0.13

0.19

0.015

0.518

  1. aCON, piglets fed the basal diet; AB, piglets fed the basal diet supplemented with 75 mg chlortetracycline and 20 mg enramycin per kilogram; CB, piglets fed the basal diet supplemented with C. butyricum preparation;
  2. bDiarrhea score = sum of the fecal score / number of test piglets; fecal score: 0, normal; 1, soft feces; 2, mild diarrhea; and 3, severe diarrhea
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