Table 3.
Items | CON 1 | ANT 1 | PRO 1 | ABPS 1 | P-ABPS 1 | SEM | p-Value |
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Dry matter | 88.27 | 89.33 | 88.82 | 88.73 | 89.11 | 1.24 | 0.231 |
Crude protein | 78.40 b | 82.44 a | 82.36 a | 82.27 a | 82.39 a | 2.31 | 0.032 |
Gross energy | 85.52 b | 87.54 a | 87.36 a | 87.27 a | 87.27 a | 0.49 | 0.027 |
Note: 1 CON, basal diets; ANT, basal diets + antibiotics; PRO, basal diets + probiotics; ABSP, basal diets + Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides; P-ABPS: basal diets + probiotics + Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides. a,b Mean values with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05). SEM is standard error of mean. n = 6 means data come from six pens per dietary treatment.