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Table 2 Supplemental effect of mixed probiotics on suckling piglets’ performance1

From: Dietary Bacillus spp. supplementation to both sow and progenies improved post-weaning growth rate, gut function, and reduce the pro-inflammatory cytokine production in weaners challenged with Escherichia coli K88

Items

CON

PRO

SEM2

P value

Suckling’s/litter

    

 INO- d 0 (start, foster)

11.1b

11.6a

0.10

0.104

 FNO- d 21 (weaning)

10.7

11.3

0.20

0.408

 Survival % from d 0–21

96.36

97.42

1.76

0.634

Body weight, kg

    

 Birth weight

1.51

1.55

0.02

0.166

 Weaning

6.07b

6.42a

0.07

0.026

Average daily gain, g

    

 Overall (d1–21)

216b

231a

3

0.096

  1. 1CON, Basal diet; TRT, Basal diet + 0.05% mixed probiotics. INO-Initial number of suckling (born alive); FNO-final number of suckling (weaned/sow)
  2. 2Standard error of means
  3. a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05) and trends (P < 0.10)
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Animal Microbiome

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