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Table 4 Average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) per week in weaned pigs treated at Day 0 with POE-POP after 5 weeks of the experiment

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

Treatmenta

Parameter

Mean

  

0 - 7

7 - 14

14 - 21

21 - 28

28 - 35

0 - 35

Saline

ADG (g)

214

172

273

261

562

296

ADFI (g)

419

464

780

565

975

641

FCR

1.96

2.70

2.86

2.16

1.74

2.17

POE-POP

ADG (g)

292

268

445

457

496

392

 

ADFI (g)

402

483

680

685

868

624

 

FCR

1.37

1.80

1.52

1.50

1.75

1.59

  1. aSingle p.o. application of 10 ml of either saline or POE-POP at Day 0; groups comprised 20 pigs each.