. 2023 Mar 22;14:1140564. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1140564

Table 3.

Effects of B. licheniformis on growth performance and diarrhea rate in piglets.

Item	Diet		SEM	P-value
Item	CON	BL	SEM	P-value
Initial BW, kg	8.65	8.82	0.76	0.72
Final BW, kg	16.58^b	18.45^a	1.32	0.003
ADFI, kg	0.51	0.54	0.05	0.25
ADG, kg	0.28^b	0.34^a	0.037	0.001
F/G	1.78^a	1.57^b	0.18	0.01
Diarrhea rate, %	8.33^a	5.85^b	0.04	0.01

CON, control. BL, Bacillus licheniformis. BW, body weight. ADG, average daily gain. ADFI, average daily feed intake; F/G, feed/gain ratio. ^abMeans within a row with different letters differ (P < 0.05). Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM, n = 6.