Phytogenic feed additives alleviate pathogenic Escherichia coli-induced intestinal damage through improving barrier integrity and inhibiting inflammation in weaned pigs

Table 2 Effect of PFAs on growth performance in weaned pigs challenged with E. coli¹

Items	NC	PC	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	SEM	P-value
BW, kg
d − 7	8.02	8.02	8.07	8.00	8.04	8.03	8.04	0.151	1.000
d 0	8. 93	8.90	9.13	9.30	8.90	9.13	9.47	0.244	0.580
d 7 PI	11.13^ab	10.00^b	11.13^ab	11.27^a	10.77^ab	10.67^ab	11.10^ab	0.265	0.021
d 14 PI	13.57	12.33	13.43	13.70	13.57	13.20	13.53	0.328	0.077
d − 7 to 0
ADG, g	130.00	125.71	152.38	185.24	122.86	157.62	204.28	28.038	0.298
ADFI, g	293.81^ab	257.62^b	288.57^ab	308.57^ab	298.10^ab	318.09^a	289.76^ab	12.821	0.055
G:F, g/g	0.43	0.49	0.53	0.60	0.39	0.42	0.67	0.082	0.185
d 0 to 7 PI
ADG, g	314.28^a	157.14^c	285.72^ab	280.95^ab	266.67^ab	219.05^bc	233.33^abc	19.048	0.001
ADFI, g	400.95	391.43	400.95	397.62	398.81	363.81	394.76	10.548	0.178
G:F, g/g	0.79^a	0.40^c	0.71^ab	0.71^ab	0.67^ab	0.59^b	0.58^b	0.042	0.001
d 7 to 14 PI
ADG, g	347.62	333.34	328.57	347.62	400.00	361.90	347.62	17.612	0.115
ADFI, g	570.48^ab	568.10^ab	570.95^a	570.00^ab	564.76^b	570.95^a	571.43^a	1.365	0.013
G:F, g/g	0.61	0.59	0.58	0.61	0.71	0.63	0.61	0.030	0.073
d 0 to 14 PI
ADG, g	330.95^a	245.24^b	307.15^a	314.29^a	333.33^a	290.48^ab	290.47^ab	13.626	0.001
ADFI, g	485.71	479.76	485.95	483.81	481.78	467.38	483.10	5.459	0.239
G:F, g/g	0.68^a	0.51^b	0.63^a	0.65^a	0.69^a	0.62^ab	0.60^ab	0.025	0.001

¹Abbreviations: NC Basal diet without E. coli challenge (negative control), PC Basal diet with E. coli challenge (positive control), T1 PC + 0.04% PFA1, T2 PC + 0.01% PFA2, T3 PC + 0.10% PFA3, T4 PC + 0.04% PFA4, T5 PC + 0.10% PFA5, BW Body weight, ADG Average daily gain, ADFI Average daily feed intake, G:F Feed efficiency, PI Post-inoculation, SEM Standard error of mean
^a-cMeans with different letters are significantly differ (P < 0.05)

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