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. 2021 Jan 29;7(1):72–83. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2020.06.010

Table 2.

Effects of isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) and Bacillus on the estrus rate and estrus returning rate of sows during perinatal period (%).

Item Treatments1
CON IMO IMOS IMOL IMOSL
The estrus rate (0 to 7d) 87.88 82.35 88.00 84.62 100.00
Estrus returning rate 9.09 8.82 0.00 3.85 0.00
1

CON group, sows fed diets without IMO; IMO group, sows fed diets containing 5.0 g/kg IMO; IMOS group, sows fed diets containing 5.0 g/kg IMO plus 0.2 g/kg Bacillus subtilis; IMOL group, sows fed diets containing 5.0 g/kg IMO plus 0.2 g/kg Bacillus licheniformis; IMOSL group, sows fed diets containing 5.0 g/kg IMO plus 0.2 g/kg B. subtilis and 0.2 g/kg B. licheniformis.