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Table 5 Effects of dietary seaweed-derived polysaccharides (SDP) on growth performance and diarrhea rate of weaned pigs (Exp. 2)

From: Dietary seaweed-derived polysaccharides improve growth performance of weaned pigs through maintaining intestinal barrier function and modulating gut microbial populations

 Items

Dietary treatment

P-value 

 

CON

SDP

 

Initial BW, kg

6.73 ± 0.11

6.81 ± 0.10

0.597

Final BW, kg

12.85 ± 0.09

13.52 ± 0.18

0.005

ADFI, g

415.7 ± 8.6

431.8 ± 7.6

0.185

ADG, g

291.6 ± 4.6

319.7 ± 4.8

0.001

F/G

1.43 ± 0.02

1.35 ± 0.02

0.025

Diarrhea rate, %

7.86 ± 0.56

4.51 ± 1.01

0.036

  1. ADFI average daily feed intake; ADG average daily gain; F/G feed: gain
  2. n = 8 for each group