Table 4.
Incidences of diarrhea in piglets fed sprayed dried whole egg powder containing anti-F4 antibodies (SDWE) in terms of fecal consistency score.1
| Post-challenge | Treatments2 |
SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEP | SDWE1 | SDWE2 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| d 1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.24 | 0.344 | 0.206 |
| d 2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.27 | 0.772 | 0.248 |
| d 3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.25 | 0.757 | 0.217 |
| d 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.22 | 0.284 | 0.070 |
CEP = control egg powder; SEM = Standard error of the mean.
1
Fecal consistency score (average values for the treatment groups): 0, normal; 1, soft feces; 2, mild diarrhea; 3, severe diarrhea. ≤ 1 fecal consistency score means no diarrhea.
2
CEP = basal diet plus 4 kg control egg powder/t feed (0); SDWE1 = basal diet plus 1 kg SDWE and 3 kg control egg powder/t feed (0.1%); SDWE2 = basal diet plus 4 kg SDWE/t feed (0.4%).