Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 1 The effect of dietary LNT supplementation and/or RV challenge on growth performance and serum urea nitrogen level in weaned pigs

From: Lentinan administration alleviates diarrhea of rotavirus-infected weaned pigs via regulating intestinal immunity

	− RV		+ RV		P-value
	CON	LNT	CON	LNT	RV	LNT	LNT × RV
1–14 d
ADFI, g	364.96 ± 29.35	387.99 ± 26.00				0.56
ADG, g	237.80 ± 20.06	281.25 ± 17.53				0.11
Feed conversion	1.55 ± 0.04^a	1.38 ± 0.04^b				< 0.05
15–19 d
ADFI, g	450.11 ± 45.71	466.63 ± 20.89	425.50 ± 42.22	498.55 ± 21.31	0.60	0.13	0.26
ADG, g	304.29 ± 23.92^b	381.25 ± 25.16^a	239.58 ± 28.40^c	354.58 ± 18.88^b	0.08	< 0.05	0.45
Feed conversion	1.48 ± 0.11^b	1.24 ± 0.07^c	1.82 ± 0.10^a	1.50 ± 0.05^b	< 0.05	< 0.05	0.67
SUN, mmol/L	6.09 ± 0.05^c	5.65 ± 0.07^d	7.35 ± 0.18^a	6.51 ± 0.09^b	< 0.05	< 0.05	0.36

− RV infusing the essential medium, + RV infusing the porcine rotavirus, CON basal diet, LNT LNT-supplemented diet, ADFI average daily feed intake, ADG average daily gain, SUN serum urea nitrogen
^{a, b, c} Mean values within a row with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)

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