Experimental studies on effects of diet on Lawsonia intracellularis infections in fattening boars in a natural infection model

Table 5 Crosstab regarding intercorrelations between Lawsonia intracellularis status, DM content in faeces, volatile fatty acid concentrations in caecal content and ADWG in finishing boars with natural L. intracellularis infection

Ø abbreviation for mean value, TP1 time point 1 (start); TP2 (week 1), TP3 (week 2), TP4 (week 3), TP5 (week 4), TP6 (slaughter), L.i. L. intracellularis, PI percent inhibition, cut-off values for the blocking ELISA test with a cut-off value of PI 30, r Correlation coefficient
P P value, statistical significance is based on P values smaller than 0.05 (italics)
^aPearson correlation coefficients—for combination of parameters between grey boxes; Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients—combination of unshaded boxes); correlations: 0.00–0.19 “very weak”; 0.20–0.39 “weak”; 0.40–0.59 “moderate”; 0.60–0.79 “strong”; 0.80–1.0 “very strong”

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