Combined supplementation of Lactobacillus fermentum and Pediococcus acidilactici promoted growth performance, alleviated inflammation, and modulated intestinal microbiota in weaned pigs

Table 1 Effect of combined probiotics on the growth performance of weaned pigs¹

Items	Control	Antibiotic	Probiotics	P-value
Initial weight (kg)	7.11 ± 0.86	7.10 ± 0.99	7.13 ± 0.89	0.99
Final weight (kg)	15.25 ± 1.01	15.57 ± 1.34	17.39 ± 1.36	0.03
d1–14
ADG (g/d)	197.88 ± 4.59^b	199.47 ± 6.87^b	247.38 ± 23.47^a	0.04
ADFI (g/d)	400.33 ± 23.93	376.28 ± 14.84	409.38 ± 21.53	0.45
F/G	2.03 ± 0.14	1.89 ± 0.09	1.70 ± 0.17	0.27
d14–28
ADG (g/d)	383.75 ± 18.45^b	405.73 ± 14.87^b	485.75 ± 23.78^a	0.01
ADFI (g/d)	739.30 ± 45.70	779.07 ± 30.82	876.33 ± 52.75	0.12
F/G	1.92 ± 0.03^a	1.92 ± 0.03^a	1.80 ± 0.04^b	0.04
d1–28
ADG (g/d)	290.83 ± 9.47^b	302.60 ± 9.13^b	366.58 ± 12.80^a	< 0.01
ADFI (g/d)	569.80 ± 34.61	577.67 ± 15.42	642.83 ± 36.90	0.19
F/G	1.96 ± 0.06	1.91 ± 0.03	1.75 ± 0.08	0.07
Diarrhea rate²	18.10 ± 3.08	19.94 ± 1.79	14.24 ± 6.07	0.16

¹ n = 6 per treatment. All values are means ± SEM
² Diarrhea rate was for overall period
^{a, b} Different letters means there were statistically significant differences among three treatments when P-value < 0.05

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