Table 7. Effect of varying levels of barley supplementation on diarrhea incidence in weaning pigs1)

Treatment2) SEM3) p-value4)
B0 B10 B20 B30 Linear Quad
Diarrhea incidence5)
Phase I 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.09 0.01 0.39
Phase II 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.07 0.01 0.77
Phase III 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.05 0.01 0.67
Least squares means for seven replications per treatment.
B0, 0% barley was supplemented in each phase; B10, barley 10%; B20, barley 20%; B30, barley 30%.
Standard error of means.
Lin. (linear), Quad. (quadratic).
Diarrhea incidence: 0 (no occurrence) to 4 (all pigs diarrhea); Data were measured by average total diarrhea incidence during each phases.