Effect of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene nonionic block copolymers on performance and recruitment of immune cell subsets in weaned pigs

Table 3 Comparison of body weight (BW) changes in weaned pigs treated at Day 0 with POE-POP during 5 weeks of the experiment

Day of experiment	Mean BW(kg)of pigs treated with:		Difference (POE-POP *vs.* Saline)	p - value
	Saline^a	POE-POP^b
0	7.2	7.17	- 0.03	0.928
7	8.87	9.51	0.64	0.158
14	10.05	11.12	1.07*	0.024
21	12.05	14.23	2.18**	0.003
28	13.42	17.43	4.01***	0.00009
35	17.61	20.91	3.30*	0.0108

^{a, b}Single p.o. application of 10 ml of either saline (^a) or POE-POP (^b) at Day 0; groups comprised 20 pigs each:Values differ significantly at *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 or ***p < 0.001; unmarked differences were not significant.

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