Table 3.
Diarrhoea-related antibiotics treatments in the five dietary groups during the nursing period in pigs.
| Item | Dietary Treatment 1 | SEM | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NC | SP | SB | XLA | |||
| Pens, n | 75 | 148 | 75 | 75 | 75 | ||
| Pigs, n | 948 | 1866 | 949 | 948 | 927 | ||
| Diarrhoea pen treatments, % | |||||||
| Phase 1, 6–9 kg | 0.0 (0; 100) | 6.7 (0.2; 68.5) | 4.0 (0.009; 95.0) | 4.0 (1.4; 10.6) | 0.0 (0; 100) | - | NS |
| Phase 2, 9–15 kg | 26.7 b (17.9; 37.8) | 44.6 a (36.8; 52.7) | 33.3 a (23.6; 44.70) | 28.0 a (19.0; 39.2) | 4.0 b (1.3; 11.7) | - | <0.001 |
| Phase 3, 15–30 kg | 9.8 a (4.9; 18.7) | 16.1 a (11.0; 23.0) | 29.8 b (20.4; 41.3) | 21.7 a (13.7; 32.6) | 16.2 a (9.5; 26.4) | - | 0.027 |
| Total period, 6–30 kg | 31.8 b (22.2;43.1) | 53.5 a (45.4; 61.4) | 49.3 a (38.2; 60.1) | 41.3 a (29.5; 51.4) | 21.1 b (13.3; 31.8) | - | <0.001 |
| Treatment days per pig | |||||||
| Phase 1, 6–9 kg | 0.04 b | 0.39 a | 0.26 a | 0.32 a | 0.05 b | 0.10 | 0.017 |
| Phase 2, 9–15 kg | 1.82 b | 3.05 a | 2.15 b | 1.98 b | 0.38 b | 0.32 | <0.001 |
| Phase 3, 15–30 kg | 0.73 a | 1.15 a | 1.94 b | 1.42 a | 1.27 a | 0.28 | 0.042 |
| Total period, 6–30 kg | 2.6 b | 4.6 a | 4.3 a | 3.7 a | 1.7 b | 0.47 | <0.001 |
1 PC = positive control; NC = negative control; SP = soy protein concentrate; SB = soybean meal; XLA = X-low-protein + amino acids. a,b Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05 in relation to group NC; NS = not significant, n = number.