Nutrient digestibility, organ morphometry and performance in vaccinated or non-vaccinated Lawsonia intracellularis infected piglets

Table 2 Overview on Lawsonia intracellularis excretion, dry matter content of faeces and growth performance

Item	Vac		Non-vac/cs-		Non-vac/cs+
Item	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Log₁₀ genome equivalents	6.00	2.89	5.83	2.35	7.69	1.65
DM faeces (g/kg DM)	23.6^a	1.84	24.5^a	1.68	21.1^b	1.98
BW start (kg)	19.2	1.64	19.2	1.36	18.4	1.53
BW Dissection (kg)^c	27.0	1.71	26.7	2.19	25.3	2.43
ADFI (kg DM/day)^d	1.297	0.116	1.207	0.119	1.165	0.148
ADG (kg/day)	0.894^a	0.073	0.857^ab	0.086	0.785^b	0.137
FCR (kg diet/kg ADG)	1.410	0.075	1.422	0.078	1.470	0.061

Vac vaccinated with Enterisol^®Ileitis, Non-vac/cs- not vaccinated, clinically no signs, Non-vac/cs + not vaccinated, clinical signs
^a,bValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05
^cDissection was done in 3 out of 9 animals 8 days after starting experiment, in 6 out of 9 piglets 9 days after start of experiment
^dDue to technical detection problems, three values are missing from one of three repetitions

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