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Table 3 Supplemental effect of mixed probiotics on sow and weaning dietary treatment on the growth performance and nutrient digestibility of weaning pigs1,2

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

Item

    

Sow treatment3

CON

PRO

Weaner treatment4

CON

PRO

CON

PRO

Body weight, kg

    

 Initial

6.39 ± 0.20b

6.39 ± 0.20b

6.48 ± 0.22a

6.48 ± 0.21a

 Week 2

10.74 ± 0.54b

10.98 ± 0.48ab

10.92 ± 0.48ab

11.09 ± 0.50a

 Week 6

25.79 ± 0.80c

26.68 ± 0.79ab

26.22 ± 0.72bc

27.16 ± 0.79a

Weeks 0–2

    

 ADG, g

311 ± 24.68

327 ± 20.04

317 ± 19.24

330 ± 20.90

 ADFI, g

444 ± 36.48

461 ± 27.95

455 ± 30.47

465 ± 31.04

 G: F

1.426 ± 0.01

1.41 ± 0.01

1.43 ± 0.015

1.408 ± 0.012

Weeks 2–6

    

 ADG, g

537 ± 11.42b

561 ± 12.74ab

547 ± 12.55b

574 ± 12.60a

 ADFI, g

912 ± 24.82

941 ± 26.92

922 ± 30.06

958 ± 29.24

 G: F

1.695 ± 0.01

1.676 ± 0.01

1.685 ± 0.018

1.668 ± 0.014

Overall

    

 ADG, g

462 ± 14.63c

483 ± 14.33ab

470 ± 12.44bc

492 ± 13.91a

 ADFI, g

756 ± 26.56

781 ± 25.52

766 ± 25.94

794 ± 26.57

 G: F

1.635 ± 0.009

1.616 ± 0.005

1.628 ± 0.014

1.611 ± 0.011

Nutrient digestibility

    

Week 6

    

 Dry matter

80.08 ± 0.75b

82.34 ± 0.49ab

81.34 ± 0.95ab

82.59 ± 0.80a

 Nitrogen

78.34 ± 0.69b

79.31 ± 0.98ab

78.9 ± 1.25ab

79.76 ± 0.72a

 Energy

81.1 ± 0.73

81.48 ± 0.94

81.36 ± 0.87

81.65 ± 0.52

  1. 1A total of 200 piglets which weaned from CON and PRO group sows were assigned to pens and pens were dispensed to dietary treatments in a spilt-plot pattern. 2Sow and weaning dietary treatments (CON and PRO diet) were served as the main and sub-plots respectively
  2. 3,4Sow and weanling dietary treatment consisted of corn soybean mean-based control diet and control diet supplemented with 0.05% of Bacillus subtilis (FXA and PB6) and Bacillus licheniformis probiotics
  3. a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)