Table 1 Effects of fecal microbial transplantation from donors with different growth stage and performance on the body weight and average daily gain of recipient pigs (LS means)
| Â | Control | NL | NH | GL | GH | FL | FH | SEM | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Body weight, kg | |||||||||
 End of NP 1; d 35 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.61 |
 End of NP 2; d 49 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 0.6 | 0.34 |
 End of NP 3; d 63 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 22.9 | 23.6 | 1.0 | 0.72 |
 End of G 1.1: d 76 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 33.9 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 1.4 | 0.19 |
 End of G 1.2: d 90 | 42.1 | 39.1 | 43.6 | 41.7 | 47.1 | 41.5 | 43.4 | 2.0 | 0.19 |
 End of G 2.1; d 104 | 56.6 | 50.8 | 59.4 | 56.2 | 62.5 | 50.8 | 56.7 | 2.9 | 0.08 |
 End of G 2.2: d 118 | 74.4 | 66.3 | 75.0 | 72.7 | 75.5 | 64.1 | 72.8 | 3.7 | 0.25 |
 End of F 1.1: d 127 | 84.4 | 77.1 | 86.5 | 83.6 | 86.6 | 73.5 | 82.9 | 4.1 | 0.28 |
 End of F 1.2: d 145 | 105.4 | 98.9 | 108.1 | 106.8 | 108.0 | 94.1 | 105.7 | 4.5 | 0.31 |
 End of F 2.1: d 159 | 117.9 | 111.8 | 119.3 | 121.2 | 122.3 | 107.6 | 117.9 | 4.4 | 0.30 |
 End of F 2.2; d 174 | 132.0 | 126.6 | 137.6 | 137.8 | 136.9 | 124.4 | 134.6 | 4.4 | 0.22 |
Average daily gain, kg | |||||||||
 Overall N | 0.370 | 0.378 | 0.407 | 0.412 | 0.415 | 0.390 | 0.406 | 0.023 | 0.72 |
 Overall G | 0.952 | 0.783 | 0.933 | 0.887 | 0.930 | 0.751 | 0.894 | 0.060 | 0.19 |
 Overall F | 1.028 | 1.077 | 1.119 | 1.162 | 1.096 | 1.078 | 1.103 | 0.031 | 0.12 |
 Overall | 0.820 | 0.782 | 0.857 | 0.858 | 0.852 | 0.771 | 0.837 | 0.029 | 0.22 |