Table 1.

The effect of ferulic acid and vanillic acid on growth performance of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced weaned piglets.

Item	Treatments1			P-value
	CTL	FA	VA
Initial BW, kg	8.9 ± 0.15	8.85 ± 0.08	8.86 ± 0.04	0.680
Final BW, kg	17.17 ± 0.53b	17.7 ± 0.51b	18.39 ± 0.49a	0.003
ADG, g	413.75 ± 30.64b	442.92 ± 24.31b	476.25 ± 24.02a	0.004
ADFI, g	598.71 ± 5.48	615.46 ± 47.39	642.38 ± 21.78	0.449
F:G	1.45 ± 0.11	1.39 ± 0.08	1.35 ± 0.06	0.157

ADG = average daily gain; ADFI = average daily feed intake; F:G = feed-to-gain ratio.

^a,b Data were shown as means ± SD (n = 12), values with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

¹CTL, a basal diet; FA, a basal diet containing 4,000 mg/kg ferulic acid; VA, a basal diet supplemented with 4,000 mg/kg vanillic acid.