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Table 2.

Effects of natural capsicum extract on performance and diarrhea rate in weaned pigs.

Item	CON	CTC	NCE	SEM	P-value
Initial body weight, kg	8.68	8.68	8.68	0.01	0.85
d 14 body weight, kg	14.33	14.54	14.99	0.25	0.22
d 28 body weight, kg	20.67	21.14	22.50	0.26	<0.01
d 1 to 14
ADG, g	404	418	451	17.89	0.33
ADFI, g	748	783	744	40.85	0.51
G:F, g/g	0.55	0.54	0.61	0.03	0.40
Diarrhea score	3.60	3.10	3.40	0.15	0.12
Diarrhea rate, %	2.86	0.71	2.38	0.82	0.84
d 15 to 28
ADG, g	453^b	472^b	536^a	12.23	0.01
ADFI, g	903	956	1028	38.18	0.13
G:F, g/g	0.50	0.49	0.52	0.02	0.27
Diarrhea score	3.50	3.40	3.60	0.14	0.60
Diarrhea rate, %	4.86	4.28	6.43	1.47	0.59
d 1 to 28
ADG, g	428^b	445^b	493^a	9.36	0.02
ADFI, g	825	870	886	32.46	0.16
G:F, g/g	0.52	0.51	0.56	0.01	0.10
Diarrhea score	3.55	3.25	3.50	0.10	0.12
Diarrhea rate, %	3.77	2.50	4.40	0.85	0.33

CON = control; CTC = chlortetracycline; NCE = natural capsicum extract; SEM = standard error of the mean; ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; G:F = gain-to-feed ratio.

^{a, b} Within a row, different superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05).