Table 2.

Effects of composite antimicrobial peptides on the performance of piglets (12–26 kg) challenged with deoxynivalenol ^1,2

Item	Diets				SEM	P -value
	NC	CAP	DON	DON + CAP
ADG, kg
Day 0 to 15	0.32	0.24	0.30	0.30	0.01	0.09
Day 15 to 30	0.64a	0.66a	0.40b	0.48b	0.02	<0.01
Day 0 to 30	0.48a	0.45a	0.35b	0.39b	0.01	<0.01
ADFI, kg
Day 0 to 15	0.67a	0.56b	0.68a	0.63ab	0.02	0.02
Day 15 to 30	1.33a	1.10b	1.07b	1.04b	0.03	<0.01
Day 0 to 30	1.00a	0.83b	0.87b	0.84b	0.02	<0.01
G:F
Day 0 to 15	0.47	0.42	0.44	0.49	0.02	0.54
Day 15 to 30	0.49b	0.61a	0.38c	0.47bc	0.02	<0.01
Day 0 to 30	0.48ab	0.55a	0.40b	0.47a	0.01	<0.01

Xiao et al. 2013 [29].

¹NC: Basal diet. CAP: Basal diet + 0.4% composite antimicrobial peptide, DON: Basal diet + 4 mg/kg DON, DON + CAP: Basal diet + 4 mg/kg DON + 0.4% composite antimicrobial peptide.

² n = 7. ^a-c Values with different letters within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).