. 2023 Sep 14;7(1):txad111. doi: 10.1093/tas/txad111

Table 5.

Effect of dietary treatment and period on apparent total tract digestibility of organic matter, gross energy, and crude protein and fecal consistency score

	Treatment^a				Period			P-value
Item^b	NC	BZA	BC50	AGP	1	2	SEM^c	Treatment	Period	Treatment × period
ATTD OM, %	81.6^†	82.6^*,†	80.9^†	84.4^*	83.1	81.6	0.9	0.004	0.007	0.15
ATTD GE, %	79.0^†	80.1^*,†	78.2^†	82.3^*	80.1	79.7	0.9	0.001	0.41	0.20
ATTD CP, %	74.0^†,‡	75.7^*,†	71.4^‡	78.4^*	73.1	76.6	2.1	<0.001	<0.001	0.17
Fecal consistency^b	2.41^†	2.79^*,†	2.53^†	3.09^*	2.75	2.66	0.15	<0.001	0.34	0.44

^aPigs were fed experimental diets at weaning (28 d age) for 21 d. Treatments: NC: negative control (no additive); BZA: benzoic acid (0.60%); BC50: Benzocal-50 (0.20%); AGP: antibiotic growth promoter (Carbadox, 50 ppm). Period: period 1 = 7 d; period 2 = 14 d.

^bMaximum value for the standard error of the mean.

^cFecal consistency score: 1 = liquid; 2 = soft, unformed feces that does not retain shape; 3 = soft, moist feces that retains shape; 4 = firm, formed stool; and 5 = hard, dry pellet.

^*,†,‡Means without a common superscript differ after Tukey multiple comparison test, P < 0.05.