Potential of a fucoidan-rich Ascophyllum nodosum extract to reduce Salmonella shedding and improve gastrointestinal health in weaned pigs naturally infected with Salmonella

Table 4 Effects of dietary treatments on pig performance in the newly weaned pig experiment (Least-square mean values ± SEM)

	Treatment¹				SEM	Time, d			SEM	Treatment effect	Time effect	Treatment × Time effect
	Control	ZnO	Low ANE	High ANE	SEM	7	14	21	SEM	Treatment effect	Time effect	Treatment × Time effect
Final BW, kg	15.0^b	16.2^a	14.5^b	15.2^b	0.31	9.0^C	11.3^B	15.2^A	0.16	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.432
ADG, kg/d	0.29^b	0.37^a	0.29^b	0.32^b	0.016	0.09^C	0.32^B	0.54^A	0.014	0.001	< 0.001	0.644
ADFI, kg/d	0.50^b	0.56^a	0.50^b	0.51^b	0.015	0.20^C	0.55^B	0.80^A	0.013	0.003	< 0.001	0.166
G:F ratio	0.51^b	0.62^a	0.51^b	0.61^a	0.034	0.43^C	0.59^B	0.68^A	0.029	0.017	< 0.001	0.186

ANE, Ascophyllum nodosum extract; ZnO, Zinc oxide; BW, Body weight; ADG, Average daily gain; ADFI, Average daily feed intake; G:F; Gain to feed ratio
^A,B,CMean values within a row with different superscript capital letter indicate significant differences between days (P < 0.05)
¹A total of 12 replicates were used per dietary treatment (replicate = pen)

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