Table 4 Assessment score of the effects of the interventions on outcomes
From: Overall assessment of antibiotic substitutes for pigs: a set of meta-analyses
Interventionsa | Bacteriostasis | Growth performance (weaned piglets) | Growth performance (growing pigs) | Growth performance (finishing pigs) | Intestinal morphology | Immunity | Sum (overall) | Sum (weaned piglets) | Sum (growing pigs) | Sum (finishing pigs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics | 76.00 | 53.33 | 17.66 | 18.85 | 18.48 | 46.89 | 68.43 | 50.18 | 32.34 | 32.94 |
AMPs | 76.00 | 81.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 68.90 | 0.00 | 55.26 | 55.26 | 14.49 | 14.49 |
Probiotics | 0.00 | 46.85 | 25.30 | 15.92 | 4.18 | 0.00 | 44.45 | 23.84 | 13.07 | 8.38 |
Bacteriophages | 0.00 | 88.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.37 | 44.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Zymin | 0.00 | 55.33 | 7.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 64.74 | 51.08 | 47.09 | 23.42 | 19.42 |
Plants | 0.00 | 24.18 | 19.42 | 27.42 | 0.00 | 3.85 | 36.67 | 13.25 | 10.86 | 14.87 |
Plant extracts | 32.00 | 15.44 | 19.37 | 7.55 | 23.96 | 57.59 | 44.05 | 30.59 | 32.56 | 26.65 |
Microelements | 0.00 | 34.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.23 | 23.30 | 31.29 | 31.29 | 13.91 | 13.91 |
Oligosaccharides | 19.00 | 58.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.39 | 36.73 | 36.73 | 7.72 | 7.72 |
Lysozyme | 0.00 | 55.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.02 | 0.00 | 28.94 | 28.94 | 1.40 | 1.40 |
Organic acids | 56.00 | 25.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.56 | 25.96 | 27.66 | 27.66 | 14.94 | 14.94 |
Basal diet | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |