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Table 3b Group wise incidence of diarrhoea when the litter with mortality (litter 6) were excluded from the animals presented in table 3a. Comparisons with the infected control group are hatched.

From: Aspects on Feed Related Prophylactic Measures Aiming to Prevent Post Weaning Diarrhoea in Pigs

Group

 

Incidence of Days with Diarrhoea (%)and Significance of differences between groups

  

Day 1–7

Day 8–14

Whole period, Day 1–14

  

(%)

B

C

D

E

(%)

B

C

D

E

(%)

B

C

D

E

A: Uninfected control

(n = 5)

0%

***

***

***

*

0%

***

***

***

***

0%

***

***

***

***

B: ZnO

(n = 5)

43%

   

***

26%

  

*

 

34%

  

p = 0.06

 

C: Meal feed

(n = 5)

43%

   

**

23%

  

*

 

33%

  

*

 

D: Infected control

(n = 5)

49%

   

***

51%

    

50%

   

**

E: Probiotic

(n = 5)

11%

    

43%

    

27%

    
  1. Significant differences: * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01 and *** = p < 0.001. (only shown at the row with the lowest group or litter number)
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147