Table 7. Effect of varying levels of barley supplementation on diarrhea incidence in weaning pigs1).
Treatment2) | SEM3) | p-value4) | |||||
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B0 | B10 | B20 | B30 | Linear | Quad | ||
Diarrhea incidence5) | |||||||
Phase I | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.39 |
Phase II | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.77 |
Phase III | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.67 |
Least squares means for seven replications per treatment.
B0, 0% barley was supplemented in each phase; B10, barley 10%; B20, barley 20%; B30, barley 30%.
Standard error of means.
Lin. (linear), Quad. (quadratic).
Diarrhea incidence: 0 (no occurrence) to 4 (all pigs diarrhea); Data were measured by average total diarrhea incidence during each phases.