Parameters | Control (0Â g/l) | Agrimonia procera (AP) | |
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AP1 (1Â g/l) | AP2 (10Â g/l) | ||
Mean feed intake (g/d)a | |||
 Intervention period (days 1–15) | 220 ± 28 | 199 ± 13 | 239 ± 37 |
 Follow-up period (days 15–38) | 814 ± 91 | 810 ± 16 | 860 ± 2 |
Body weight (kg) | |||
 End of intervention period (day 15) | 10.9 ± 2.3 | 10.7 ± 1.8 | 11.0 ± 1.8 |
 End of follow-up period (day 38) | 23.7 ± 3.2 | 23.4 ± 3.3 | 24.4 ± 2.6 |
Daily weight gain (g/d) | |||
 Intervention period (days 1–15) | 157 ± 77 | 155 ± 64 | 175 ± 76 |
 Follow-up period (days 15–38) | 550 ± 59 | 554 ± 85 | 566 ± 72 |
Feed conversion ratioa | |||
 Intervention period (days 1–15) | 1.42 ± 0.03 | 1.29 ± 0.15 | 1.37 ± 0.12 |
 Follow-up period (days 15–38) | 1.48 ± 0.13 | 1.46 ± 0.02 | 1.52 ± 0.01 |
Fecal dry matter content (%) at day 15 | 19.8 ± 8.1 | 22.2 ± 6.1 | 24.8 ± 3.4 |
Number of piglets with fecal dry matter | |||
 < 15% at day 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Plasma TEACb (μmol/ml) at day 15 | 6.28 ± 0.86 | 6.53 ± 0.97 | 7.22 ± 0.86 |