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Table 2 Effects of oral administration of the MYCI mixture on growth performance of newborn piglets after an oral administration of PEDVa)

From: Medicinal herb extracts ameliorate impaired growth performance and intestinal lesion of newborn piglets challenged with the virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

 

Not challenged

Challenged (Chal)

P-value

CONb) (n = 5)

MYCI (n = 5)

SEM

CON (n = 6)

MYCI (n = 6)

SEM

Chal

MYCI

C × M

Initial wt, kg

2.61

2.69

0.251

2.55

2.60

0.229

0.758

0.801

0.946

Final wt, kg

2.80

2.89

0.258

2.43

2.65

0.235

0.232

0.545

0.797

ADGb), g

27

28

5.1

−18

7

4.7

<0.001

0.016

0.029

  1. aNewborn piglets received an oral challenge with 3 × 103.5 TCID50 of PEDV in PBS or PBS only and daily administration 60 mg of the MYCI mixture suspended in milk replacer or the vehicle for 7 days
  2. bCON, control; ADG, average daily gain
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology

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