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Table 2 Effects of dietary BAO supplementation on growth performance of weaned piglets

From: Dietary supplementation of benzoic acid and essential oils combination enhances intestinal resilience against LPS stimulation in weaned piglets

Item

NC

BAO

SEM

P

Initial weight, kg

8.35

8.12

0.076

0.101

Final weight, kg

12.46b

13.32a

0.168

0.011

ADG, g

297.5b

372.5a

0.012

0.005

ADFI, g

547.5

545.0

0.005

0.730

F/G

1.863a

1.463b

0.066

0.007

  1. Dates are presented as means ± SEM (n = 4)
  2. ADGAverage daily gain, ADFIAverage daily feed intake, F/Gthe ratio of feed intake to gain, NCCorn−soybean meal basal diets, BAOCorn−soybean meal basal diets+5 kg/t benzoic acid+500 g/t essential oils
  3. a,bMean values within a row with different letters differ at P < 0.05
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891