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Table 2 Antiparasitic effects of A. sativum and A. absinthium in farm 2 by age group

From: In vivo assessment of the antiparasitic effects of Allium sativum L. and Artemisia absinthium L. against gastrointestinal parasites in swine from low-input farms

Parasite

Day

A. sativum

A. absinthium

EG

CG

P

EG

CG

P

Weaners

Eimeria spp.

0

2400 [2050–2550]

2000 [1500–2400]

0.2899#

5900 [4750–8450]

6900 [4850–9350]

0.7913#

14

100 [0–350]

2200 [1700–2400]

0.0002#

400 [0–950]

6700 [5500–8450]

0.0002#

28

25 [0–350]

2500 [2400–2600]

0.0002#

0 [0–800]

6400 [5450–6950]

0.0013#

P

0.0003*a

0.4786*

 

0.0002*g

0.7103*

 

B. coli

0

1000 [450–1350]

500 [250–1350]

0.5967#

400 [50–750]

125 [0–350]

0.1859#

14

200 [13–350]

1000 [650–1400]

0.0036#

0 [0–50]

400 [100–550]

0.0312#

28

125 [0–350]

800 [600–1200]

0.0140#

25 [0–200]

600 [200–750]

0.0312#

P

0.1211*

0.6246*

 

0.0137*

0.0312*

 

Fatteners

Eimeria spp.

0

500 [250–1100]

300 [200–900]

0.4497#

2200 [1650–2400]

1700 [750–3000]

0.6776#

14

0 [0–0]

1000 [600–1700]

0.0012#

0 [0–0]

1900 [1500–2550]

0.0025#

28

0 [0–163]

1500 [1250–1600]

0.0013#

0 [0–0]

2000 [1400–2600]

0.0002#

P

0.0018*b

0.0458*

 

0.0006*h

0.9718*

 

B. coli

0

800 [450–1100]

600 [450–950]

0.6501#

800 [250–1100]

400 [50–600]

0.1620#

14

25 [0–163]

800 [450–1200]

0.0036#

0 [0–550]

500 [250–800]

0.1212#

28

300 [0–400]

1300 [400–1550]

0.0343#

400 [50–750]

1400 [1200–1750]

0.0025#

P

0.05721*

0.30287*

 

0.32465*

0.01882*

 

A. suum

0

3200 [1300–11000]

2800 [1050–11000]

0.7055#

2800 [1050–11000]

6600 [3750–7500]

0.5708#

14

400 [0–1150]

6100 [3450–7950]

0.0002#

1700 [1250–2300]

6500 [3850–8100]

0.0010#

28

100 [0–550]

4100 [1800–8050]

0.0006#

1200 [100–1900]

3200 [1300–8000]

0.0312#

P

0.0008*c

0.8890*

 

0.5669*

0.5004*

 

T. suis

0

200 [0–350]

200 [0–400]

0.9699#

25 [0–350]

0 [0–200]

0.6776#

14

0 [0–0]

25 [0–550]

0.1736#

300 [0–1200]

200 [0–400]

0.4057#

28

0 [0–0]

100 [0–350]

0.1859#

0 [0–0]

900 [0–1350]

0.0539#

P

0.0316*

0.6483*

 

0.2890*

0.1396*

 

Sows

Eimeria spp.

0

400 [88–600]

400 [250–600]

0.8798#

600 [50–800]

400 [88–600]

0.5454#

14

0 [0–0]

600 [400–950]

0.0028#

0 [0–0]

700 [0–1000]

0.0539#

28

0 [0–0]

600 [600–800]

0.0046#

0 [0–38]

700 [150–950]

0.0233#

P

0.0019*d

0.4124*

 

0.0076*i

0.3282*

 

B. coli

0

700 [600–1350]

700 [200–950]

0.4497#

700 [600–1350]

400 [200–800]

0.1509#

14

25 [0–350]

800 [250–800]

0.0312#

0 [0–38]

800 [450–1100]

0.0017#

28

125 [0–400]

700 [450–950]

0.0312#

0 [0–38]

700 [450–1150]

0.0065#

P

0.0266*

0.4223*

 

0.0005*j

0.3679*

 

A. suum

0

300 [88–600]

500 [200–600]

0.7055#

500 [138–750]

300 [88–600]

0.5708#

14

0 [0–38]

500 [250–800]

0.0019#

0 [0–163]

500 [250–800]

0.0140#

28

0 [0–38]

600 [400–750]

0.0073#

0 [0–163]

600 [400–750]

0.0091#

P

0.0014*e

0.4124*

 

0.0753*

0.3679*

 

Oesophagostomum spp.

0

125 [0–350]

200 [0–350]

0.7913#

500 [0–950]

125 [0–350]

0.4057#

14

0 [0–0]

225 [0–600]

0.0413#

0 [0–400]

400 [0–750]

0.2899#

28

0 [0–0]

100 [0–550]

0.1041#

0 [0–550]

600 [100–1000]

0.1041#

P

0.0032*f

0.5811*

 

0.3679*

0.2564*

 
  1. EG Experimental group, CG Control group
  2. Results are expressed as median [Q1-Q3], where Q1 is the 25th percentile and Q3 is the 75th percentile; p are the estimated probabilities associated to *Friedman’s or # Mann–Whitney test;
  3. Wilcoxon test:a 0.0051 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0051 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0051 day 14 vs. day 28; b 0.0077 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0152 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0077 day 14 vs. day 28; c 0.0077 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0051 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0077 day 14 vs. day 28; d 0.0117 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0129 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0117 day 14 vs. day 28; e 0.0166 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0077 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.01661 day 14 vs. day 28; f 0.0277 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0277 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0277 day 14 vs. day 28;
  4. g 0.0051 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0051 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0051 day 14 vs. day 28; h 0.01086 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0051 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0109 day 14 vs. day 28; i 0.0173 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0173 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0173 day 14 vs. day 28; j 0.0077 day 0 vs. day 14, 0.0077 day 0 vs. day 28, 0.0077 day 14 vs. day 28