Table 4. Effect of flavonoid on growth performance in LPS challenged growing pig
Items | Saline (CON) | LPS | SEM | p-value |
−Fla | + Fla | −Fla | + Fla | LPS effect | Flavonoid effect | Interaction |
Body weight (kg) | | | | | | | | |
Initial | 26.96 | 26.95 | 26.94 | 26.94 | 1.01 | 0.9926 | 1.0000 | 0.9963 |
21 d | 40.96 | 41.49 | 41.04 | 41.47 | 0.93 | 0.9779 | 0.6327 | 0.9619 |
22 d | 41.04 | 41.38 | 40.65 | 41.40 | 0.87 | 0.8415 | 0.5638 | 0.8247 |
Finish | 55.64 | 56.19 | 55.36 | 56.15 | 1.12 | 0.8954 | 0.8519 | 0.9152 |
0–21 d | | | | | | | | |
ADG (g) | 667 | 693 | 671 | 692 | 8 | 0.8646 | 0.0465 | 0.7346 |
ADFI (g) | 1,290 | 1,276 | 1,283 | 1,281 | 27 | 0.9719 | 0.7929 | 0.8470 |
G/F | 0.517 | 0.543 | 0.523 | 0.541 | 0.016 | 0.8837 | 0.2513 | 0.8154 |
22 d-finish | | | | | | | | |
ADG (g) | 730 | 740 | 735 | 737 | 20 | 0.9541 | 0.7747 | 0.8452 |
ADFI (g) | 1,803 | 1,856 | 1,802 | 1,841 | 30 | 0.8084 | 0.2107 | 0.8318 |
G/F | 0.405 | 0.399 | 0.408 | 0.401 | 0.010 | 0.8343 | 0.8397 | 0.9442 |
Overall | | | | | | | | |
ADG (g) | 683 | 696 | 684 | 695 | 8 | 1.0000 | 0.2087 | 0.9067 |
ADFI (g) | 1,503 | 1,522 | 1,499 | 1,517 | 10 | 0.6827 | 0.1319 | 0.9806 |
G/F | 0.454 | 0.458 | 0.456 | 0.458 | 0.005 | 0.7994 | 0.6506 | 0.8785 |
LPS, lipopolysaccharide; −Fla, without flavonoid; +Fla, with 0.1% flavonoid; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G/F, gain to feed ratio.