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. 2017 Jan;95(1):173–181. doi: 10.2527/jas.2016.1000

Table 3.

Overall and weekly growth performance in Controls and pigs inoculated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) or porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) over a 42 d period

Treatment P-value
Item Control PEDV PDCoV SEM TRT
Start BW, kg 11.06 9.71 11.65 0.605 0.091
End BW, kg 41.89a 35.39b 43.39a 1.804 0.012
dpi 0– 71
    ADG 0.49a 0.11b 0.44a 0.038 < 0.001
    ADFI 0.62ab 0.48b 0.71a 0.047 0.013
    G:F 0.71a 0.13b 0.68a 0.075 < 0.001
dpi 8– 14
    ADG 0.60 0.55 0.64 0.054 0.565
    ADFI 0.69b 0.66b 0.94a 0.058 0.019
    G:F 0.88 0.86 0.68 0.089 0.308
dpi 15– 21
    ADG 0.79 0.69 0.58 0.076 0.144
    ADFI 1.19 1.06 1.34 0.104 0.211
    G:F 0.67a 0.67a 0.42b 0.045 0.002
dpi 22– 28
    ADG 0.80 0.74 1.01 0.108 0.197
    ADFI 1.29 1.15 1.49 0.122 0.173
    G:F 0.62 0.68 0.70 0.085 0.807
dpi 29– 42
    ADG 0.86 0.80 0.87 0.043 0.493
    ADFI 1.77 1.72 1.82 0.138 0.873
    G:F 0.50 0.48 0.48 0.040 0.781
Overall (dpi 0– 42)
    ADG 0.73 0.64 0.72 0.056 0.489
    ADFI 1.00a 0.81b 1.11a 0.059 0.011
    G:F 0.74 0.76 0.66 0.055 0.486

a,bMeans with differing superscripts indicate a significant (P < 0.05) difference.

1dpi = days post inoculation.