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Table 2 Effects of bacteriophage cocktail or ZnO on fecal score of weaned pigs subjected to non-sanitary environment

From: Effects of dietary supplementation of bacteriophage cocktail on health status of weanling pigs in a non-sanitary environment

Treatment

PC

NC

BP

ZO

SEM

P-value

Sanitary environment

 + 

-

-

-

Fecal score

 d 1

2.98

2.91

2.81

2.72

0.11

0.441

 d 3

2.51b

2.82a

2.11ab

1.77c

0.15

0.006

 d 5

1.89b

2.66a

1.91b

1.98b

0.17

0.011

 d 8

1.81b

2.39a

1.70b

1.74b

0.12

0.014

 d 11

1.89b

2.27a

1.42c

1.35c

0.19

0.009

 d 14

1.78b

2.31a

1.19c

1.26c

0.16

0.008

  1. PC Sanitary environment, NC Non-sanitary environment, BP Non-sanitary environment plus bacteriophage cocktail, ZO Non-sanitary environment plus 2,500 mg/kg ZnO
  2. a-cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)