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Table 2 Effects of dietary protein sources on growth performance and diarrhea index in weaned piglets

From: Comparative effects of enzymatic soybean, fish meal and milk powder in diets on growth performance, immunological parameters, SCFAs production and gut microbiome of weaned piglets

 

CON

ESB plus FM

ESB plus MK

ESB

SEM

P-value

Body Weights, kg

 d 1

6.95

6.94

6.96

6.95

0.02

0.85

 d 7

8.00

7.84

8.00

7.93

0.44

0.34

 d 14

10.35

9.84

10.01

9.92

0.69

0.14

d 1–7

 ADG, g/d

149

128

148

138

23

0.48

 ADFI, g/d

275

260

252

280

45

0.76

 F:G

1.95

2.07

1.77

2.05

0.36

0.51

 Diarrhea index

0.08b

0.13a

0.08b

0.13a

0.02

<  0.01

d 8–14

 ADG, g/d

337

287

288

286

51

0.20

 ADFI, g/d

503

482

480

483

65

0.91

 F:G

1.50

1.73

1.71

1.77

0.20

0.13

 Diarrhea index

0.11b

0.17ab

0.10b

0.24a

0.03

<  0.01

d 1–14

 ADG, g/d

243

207

218

211

31

0.19

 ADFI, g/d

389

371

366

387

48

0.82

 F:G

1.62

1.80

1.71

1.87

0.17

0.14

 Diarrhea index

0.14b

0.22a

0.14b

0.25a

0.02

< 0.01

  1. a-b Mean values within a row with different letters differ at P < 0.05