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Table 2 Effects of C. butyricum on growth performance and diarrhoea incidence in weaned piglets

From: Effects of Clostridium butyricum on growth performance, metabonomics and intestinal microbial differences of weaned piglets

 

Treatmentsb

  

Itema

NC

PC

CB

SEM3

P-value

Initial weight (kg)

6.19

6.09

6.38

0.08

0.352

Final weight (kg)

13.08

13.13

13.40

0.23

0.862

d 0–7

 ADG(g)

151.36

171.09

161.22

5.36

0.370

 ADFI(g)

232.65

232.65

226.87

1.41

0.150

 F/G

1.54

1.38

1.41

0.05

0.361

 Diarrhea incidence (%)

10.20

9.52

6.12.

1.95

0.717

d 7–14

 ADG(g)

360.20

313.61

325.85

9.73

0.115

 ADFI(g)

380.27

382.31

358.16

8.86

0.531

 F/G

1.07

1.22

1.10

0.04

0.342

 Diarrhea incidence (%)

15.99

9.52

2.38

3.84

0.403

d 14–21

 ADG(g)

472.45

521.43

516.33

10.76

0.109

 ADFI(g)

580.27

581.97

567.69

5.87

0.620

 F/G

1.23

1.12

1.10

0.03

0.125

 Diarrhea incidence (%)

4.08b

11.22a

9.86a

1.37

0.047

d 0–21

 ADG(g)

328.00

335.37

334.47

10.05

0.961

 ADFI(g)

397.73

398.98

384.24

4.96

0.463

 F/G

1.22

1.20

1.18

0.04

0.930

 Diarrhea incidence (%)

10.09

10.09

6.12

1.85

0.663

  1. aADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; F/G, feed to gain ratio. bPiglets were fed different diets. NC, negative control, control diet; PC, positive control, control diet + 0.1 g/kg antibiotic (colistin sulphate); CB, control diet + 5 × 108 CFU/kg of C. butyricum. 3SEM, total standard error of means. (n = 6)
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