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. 2021 Oct 29;12:768767. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.768767

TABLE 2.

Effect of CE on growth performance and diarrhea rate of weaned piglets.

Items CON CE CTC SEM p-value
Day 0 BW (kg) 7.25 7.24 7.25 0.04 0.97
Day 14 BW (kg) 10.97b 11.45a 11.34a 0.12 0.03
Day 28 BW (kg) 15.88b 16.80a 16.66a 0.21 0.01
Days 0–14
ADG (g) 265.71b 300.98a 292.14a 7.54 0.01
ADFI (g) 441.43 456.09 460.01 9.33 0.20
F:G 1.66a 1.51b 1.57b 0.02 <0.01
Diarrhea rate (%) 3.46a 1.34b 1.23b 0.39 <0.01
Days 15–28
ADG (g) 351.07 382.32 379.91 17.24 0.39
ADFI (g) 658.21 655.27 660.45 15.47 0.97
F:G 1.89 1.73 1.74 0.06 0.13
Diarrhea rate (%) 1.00 1.00 1.23 0.57 0.95
Days 0–28
ADG (g) 308.39b 341.65a 336.03a 7.52 0.02
ADFI (g) 549.82 560.18 560.22 5.30 0.31
F:G 1.79a 1.65b 1.67b 0.03 0.01
Diarrhea rate (%) 2.23 1.17 1.23 0.39 0.13

SEM, standard error of the mean (n = 8).

a,bDifferent superscripts within a row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).