Administration of Saccharomyces boulardii mafic-1701 improves feed conversion ratio, promotes antioxidant capacity, alleviates intestinal inflammation and modulates gut microbiota in weaned piglets

Table 2 Effect of S. boulardii mafic-1701 on growth performance in weaned piglets^*

Items	CON	ANT	SB	SEM	P-value
d 0 body weight, kg	8.4	8.6	8.5	0.26	0.97
d 14 body weight, kg	12.8	13.6	13.0	0.38	0.71
d 28 body weight, kg	20.1	22.1	21.4	0.57	0.37
d 0 to 14
ADG, g/d	311.6	347.4	320.1	10.58	0.38
ADFI, g/d	488.6	527.7	476.9	16.25	0.44
F:G	1.58	1.52	1.47	0.04	0.56
d 15 to 28
ADG, g/d	511.0	565.2	579.1	17.52	0.28
ADFI, g/d	1096.4	1204.7	1112.5	33.77	0.39
F:G	2.17^a	2.14^ab	1.92^b	0.04	0.02
d 0 to 28
ADG, g/d	421.7	490.0	463.3	13.99	0.31
ADFI, g/d	810.0	873.3	810.0	22.64	0.42
F:G	1.92^a	1.82^b	1.78^b	0.02	< 0.01

^*n = 6 per pen, In the same row, experimental diets were control diet (CON), CON + 75 mg/kg aureomycin (ANT), CON + 1 × 10⁸ CFU/kg S. boulardii mafic-1701 (SB). In the same row, values with different lowercase letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05)

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