Table 1.
The group design of animal experiment.
| Group number | Group name | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| A | Blank control group | A basal diet supplemented with no extra additives |
| B | CPCMP group | A basal diet supplemented with 0.2% Chinese medicine–probiotic compound microecological preparation (CPCMP) |
| C | Positive control group | A basal diet supplemented with 0.0035% chlortetracycline1 |
| D | Commercial CPCMP group | A basal diet supplemented with 0.2% commercially available CPCMP2 |
| E | TCM group | A basal diet supplemented with 0.2% fermented traditional Chinese medicines |
| F | Probiotics group | A basal diet supplemented with 0.2% compound probiotics |
1
Chlortetracycline was purchased from Charoen Pokphand Group Co., Ltd. (Harbin, Heilongjiang, China).
2
Commercially available CPCMP was purchased from Henan Yue's loyalty Technology Co., Ltd. (Xuchang, Henan, China).