Table 1 Piglet growth at weaning and post-weaning.

From: Dietary micro-fibrillated cellulose improves growth, reduces diarrhea, modulates gut microbiota, and increases butyrate production in post-weaning piglets

Treatment

Treatment

ADG

P-valueb

P-valuea

Creep feed treatment

CC

307 ± 0.11

 

 < 0.01

MC

293 ± 0.11

0.06

CM

326 ± 0.13

0.02

MM

333 ± 0.11

 < 0.01

Post-weaning feed treatment

CCC

261 ± 0.36

 

 < 0.01

CMC

305 ± 0.42

 < 0.01

MCC

252 ± 0.38

0.35

MMC

291 ± 0.31

 < 0.01

CCM

282 ± 0.29

0.03

CMM

300 ± 0.38

 < 0.01

MCM

285 ± 0.30

0.01

MMM

307 ± 0.29

 < 0.01

  1. ADG average daily growth; MM sow MFC, piglets fed MFC creep feed; MC sow MFC, piglets fed control creep feed; CM sow control, piglets fed MFC creep feed; CC sow control, piglets fed control creep feed. MMM sow MFC, piglets fed MFC creep feed, post-weaning piglets MFC feed; MMC sow MFC, piglets fed MFC creep feed, post-weaning piglets control feed; MCM sow MFC, piglets fed control creep feed, post-weaning MFC feed; MCC sow MFC, piglets fed control creep feed, post-weaning control feed; CMM sow control feed, piglets fed MFC creep feed, piglets post-weaning MFC feed; CMC sow control feed, piglets fed MFC creep feed, piglets post-weaning control feed; CCM sow control feed, piglets fed control creep feed, piglets post-weaning MFC feed; CCC sow control feed, piglets fed control creep feed, piglets post-weaning control feed.
  2. aOverall p-value.
  3. bGroup p-value.
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