Figure 4.
The FS of pigs fed diets supplemented with ground herb-based phytobiotics and essential oil-based phytobiotics. NC, basal diet, non-challenged pigs; PC, basal diet, challenged with F18+E. coli; HP, basal diet + 1% ground herb-based phytobiotics (Salcochek Pro, Ayurvet Limited), challenged with F18+E. coli; EP: basal diet + 1% essential oil-based phytobiotics (Liq-biotic, Ayurvet Limited), challenged with F18+E. coli. * days 3 to 7, NC vs. PC: (P = 0.259), PC vs. HP: (P = 0.007), PC vs. EP: (P = 0.527); day 7, NC vs. PC: (P = 0.238), PC vs. HP: (P = 0.045), PC vs. EP: (P = 0.080); day 8, NC vs. PC: (P = 0.061), PC vs. HP: (P = 0.018), PC vs. EP: (P = 0.527); day 10, NC vs. PC: (P = 0.029), PC vs. HP: (P = 0.751), PC vs. EP: (P = 0.362); day 27, NC vs. PC: (P = 1.000), PC vs. HP: (P = 0.385), PC vs. EP: (P = 0.035).