Microencapsulated essential oils combined with organic acids improves immune antioxidant capacity and intestinal barrier function as well as modulates the hindgut microbial community in piglets

Table 3 Growth performance of piglets as affected by dietary AGP and MOA supplementation¹

Item	Ctrl	AGP	MOA	SEM	P-value
Day 1 to 11
ADG, g	373	385	369	18.47	0.82
ADFI, g	532	499	485	26.96	0.51
FCR	1.42	1.28	1.32	0.06	0.28
Diarrhea rate, %	30.53	28.11	23.56	3.18	0.38
Day 12 to 21
ADG, g	417	455	452	19.01	0.38
ADFI, g	727	751	725	35.37	0.85
FCR	1.74	1.64	1.61	0.05	0.21
Diarrhea rate, %	16.88^a	16.04^a	9.79^b	0.71	0.01
Day 1 to 21
ADG, g	394	415	406	17.74	0.73
ADFI, g	614	605	586	29.52	0.80
FCR	1.55	1.45	1.45	0.04	0.23
Diarrhea rate, %	24.78	23.03	17.36	1.99	0.12

ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio
^{a, b}Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)
¹Control (Ctrl): a corn soybean meal-based diet. AGP: Ctrl + 75 mg/kg chlortetracycline. MOA: Ctrl + 1500 mg/kg MOA. n = 4

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