Table 2.
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.