Table 3.

Effect of dietary inclusion of selected concentrations of DCA on day 0 to 14 BWG during pre-challenge phase.

Treatment	Day 0 to 14 pre-challenge BWG (g)1
Positive-challenged control day 14	270 ± 9.36a,b
0.25% DCA	289 ± 14.0a
0.5% DCA	257 ± 13.1a,b
1% DCA	242 ± 12.4b
Non-challenged control	265 ± 6.34a,b

^a,bMeans ± SEM with no common superscript differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).

Abbreviations: BWG, body weight gain; DCA, deoxycholic acid.

¹Statistical evaluation using ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple post hoc test.