Supplementation of a lacto-fermented rapeseed-seaweed blend promotes gut microbial- and gut immune-modulation in weaner piglets

Table 2 Performance of piglets subjected to three dietary regimens

Parameters	0% FRS	2.5% FRS	5% FRS	SEM	P value
					TG	TG
					TG	L	Q
Weaning weight, kg (d 28)	6.07 ± 0.33	6.24 ± 0.34	5.99 ± 0.66
Body weight at age of interest, kg
42	6.77	7.00	6.55	0.406	0.579	0.890	0.428
49	8.24	8.75	8.41	0.418	0.563	0.746	0.314
77	20.5	21.6	20.2	1.18	0.537	0.842	0.341
85	23.2	25.1	23.7	1.82	0.467	0.823	0.269
ADFI, kg/d
d 28–42	0.162	0.183	0.166	0.015	0.437	0.830	0.231
d 28–49	0.233	0.232	0.230	0.020	0.985	0.900	0.967
d 28–85	0.516	0.572	0.546	0.037	0.418	0.477	0.236
d 50–77	0.626	0.661	0.632	0.031	0.531	0.879	0.299
d 50–85	0.671	0.763	0.719	0.058	0.365	0.460	0.199
ADG, kg/d
d 28–42	0.049	0.063	0.049	0.025	0.835	0.993	0.574
d 28–49	0.103	0.122	0.118	0.017	0.681	0.506	0.499
d 28–85	0.306	0.339	0.316	0.034	0.584	0.790	0.343
d 50–77	0.439	0.456	0.420	0.037	0.623	0.702	0.476
d 50–85	0.423	0.467	0.431	0.045	0.486	0.993	0.574
FCR
d 28–42	6.78	7.42	7.13	3.12	0.938	0.878	0.740
d 28–49	2.37	2.12	2.09	0.311	0.681	0.486	0.683
d 28–85	1.80	1.68	1.76	0.147	0.584	0.834	0.515
d 50–77	1.44	1.45	1.55	0.084	0.485	0.365	0.597
d 50–85	6.78	7.42	7.13	3.12	0.938	0.878	0.740
Completion rate, %
d 28–42	95.2	96.9	96.1	2.10	0.773	0.74	0.504
d 28–49	94.1	95.1	94.3	2.29	0.847	0.921	0.601
d 28–85	94.8	94.4	89.1	3.60	0.472	0.328	0.564

ADFI Average daily feed intake; ADG Average daily gain; FCR Feed conversion ratio; TG Treatment group; L Linear effect; Q Quadratic effect; The statistical significance between different dosage group is based on the result of orthogonal contrasts

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