Capsulized faecal microbiota transplantation ameliorates post-weaning diarrhoea by modulating the gut microbiota in piglets

Table 1 Effects of faecal microbial capsules on growth performance and diarrhoeal occurrence in piglets

Items	FMT treatment		SEM	P value
Items	CON	FMT
Growth performance
Initial BW (kg)	6.55	6.55	0.019	1.000
Final BW (kg)	11.47	11.91	0.139	0.118
ADFI (g/day)	418.33	426.04	8.440	0.655
ADG (g/day)	234.70	255.41	6.556	0.116
F/G (g/g)	1.81^b	1.67^a	0.033	0.034
Diarrhoeal occurrence
Diarrhoea index (%)	12.20^b	5.95^a	1.218	< 0.01
Diarrhoea ratio (%)	5.65^b	2.08^a	0.893	0.043

n = 16. CON: control group, FMT: faecal microbial transplantation group, ADG: average weight gain, ADFI: average daily feed intake, F/G: the ratio of feed to gain.
^a,b In the same row, values with different letter superscripts mean significant difference.

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