Effects of postbiotic supplementation on growth performance, ruminal fermentation and microbial profile, blood metabolite and GHR, IGF-1 and MCT-1 gene expression in post-weaning lambs

Table 1 Growth performance characteristics in post-weaning lambs supplemented with and without postbiotics

Parameters	Control	Postbiotic	SEM	P-value
Initial weight (kg)	17.10	18.90	0.52	0.09
Final weight (kg)	25.60^a	28.27^b	0.65	0.03
Weight gain (kg)	8.35^a	9.37^b	0.27	0.04
ADG (g/d)	185.56^a	208.15^b	5.95	0.04
Total feed intake (kg DMI)	30.02	31.13	0.35	0.13
Daily feed intake (kg DMI/d)	0.67	0.67	0.001	0.13
FCR (kg DMI/kg gain)	3.56	3.33	0.07	0.01

ADG Average daily gain, DMI Dry matter intake, FCR Feed conversion ratio. ^a,b Different superscripts in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05). Experimental unit, (n = 6)

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