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. 2021 Jan 26;7:623710. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.623710

Table 2.

Effects of the polyherbal mixture treatment on growth performance and health status.

Polyherbal mixture (g/d) SEM P-value
0 3 4 5 Linear Quadratic
Average daily gain g/d 0.672 0.763 0.772 0.653 0.0206 0.89 0.008
Final BW kg 86.74 92.64 93.28 85.50 1.3904 0.78 0.008
Final wither height cm 90.06 91.18 91.33 90.51 0.5281 0.72 0.30
Final hip height cm 95.42 97.11 97.34 95.39 0.4268 0.53 0.05
Final thoracic girth cm 101.56 105.01 105.35 103.57 0.6006 0.20 0.02
Starter intake g/d 829 948 889 677 31.4816 0.02 0.001
Feed intake variation among individuals % 107.38 108.13 112.66 113.71 1.4026 0.12 0.96
Milk + replacer intake liters/d 2.454 2.564 2.582 2.666 0.0188 0.0001 0.63
Feed conversion ratio 2.15 2.06 1.94 2.07 0.0501 0.32 0.19
No. diarrheas 0.29 0.24 0.40 0.01 0.0595 0.81 0.70
No. pneumonias 3.61 0.50 3.20 0.88 0.5535 0.34 0.80
No. otitis 5.66 1.20 2.40 4.77 1.0023 0.79 0.06
Antibiotic doses 5.35 1.54 4.32 2.33 0.9383 0.41 0.60
Immunoglobulins (Anti-Clostridium IgG) 1.496 1.438 1.851 1.764 0.0766 0.07 0.62

SEM, standard error of the mean.