. 2022 Jul 5;9:779745. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.779745

Table 2.

Effects of probiotics and synbiotics addition in sows' diets on carcass traits of offspring pigs.

Items	Control	Antibiotic	Probiotics	Synbiotics	SEM	P-values
	group	group	group	group
Carcass weight (kg)
65 days of age	5.00^ab	4.71^b	5.27^a	4.82^b	0.108	0.006
95 days of age	8.25^a	6.36^b	7.73^ab	7.32^ab	0.445	0.037
125 days of age	13.83	16.40	14.60	16.25	0.817	0.091
Muscle percentage (%)
65 days of age	21.56	21.09	22.49	21.17	0.491	0.191
95 days of age	21.23	20.67	22.00	21.51	0.389	0.130
125 days of age	23.87^a	23.11^ab	23.53^a	22.44^b	0.236	0.002
Fat percentage (%)
65 days of age	12.14	12.10	13.31	11.78	0.396	0.052
95 days of age	15.24^a	12.47^b	15.29^a	15.01^a	0.662	0.011
125 days of age	17.73^b	21.49^a	22.28^a	20.89^a	0.548	<0.0001
Bone percentage (%)
65 days of age	11.80	11.89	11.95	11.98	0.190	0.915
95 days of age	10.13	10.44	10.57	9.99	0.273	0.424
125 days of age	9.15	8.55	9.60	9.25	0.261	0.069
Leaf fat ratio (g/kg)
65 days of age	6.93	6.04	7.05	6.75	0.376	0.248
95 days of age	11.41^a	8.09^b	7.77^b	11.17^a	0.587	<0.0001
125 days of age	16.77^b	17.88^b	21.54^a	19.33^ab	0.925	0.005
Backfat thickness (mm)
65 days of age	13.27^b	12.78^b	14.65^a	13.90^ab	0.396	0.014
95 days of age	18.79	16.78	18.46	16.98	0.611	0.060
125 days of age	24.75^b	28.81^a	27.53^a	28.15^a	0.832	0.009
Loin-eye muscle area (cm ² )
65 days of age	4.21	4.29	4.45	4.19	0.200	0.788
95 days of age	4.33^ab	4.22^b	4.39^ab	5.01^a	0.200	0.038
125 days of age	7.20^a	7.36^a	7.67^a	5.57^b	0.282	<0.0001

Data are presented as means with pooled SEM. Values in the same row with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05). The replicates per group at 65 and 95 days of age were 8; at 125 days of age, the replicates of the control group, antibiotic group, probiotics group, and synbiotics group were 8, 6, 8, and 6, respectively.