Table 11. Diarrhea score of E. coli challenged pigs fed diets supplemented with different probiotics (Exp.2)
Items1) | Fecal score |
CHAL | PRO | D-5 to 0 | D 0 to 7 | D 7 to 11 | D 0 to 11 |
− | NC | 1.50 | 1.44b | 0.38 | 1.08 |
− | PC | 1.20 | 0.94cd | 0.50 | 0.79 |
− | K | 1.10 | 1.19bcd | 0.63 | 1.00 |
− | WK1 | 0.90 | 1.07bcd | 0.63 | 0.92 |
− | K-WK1 | 0.80 | 0.82d | 0.50 | 0.71 |
+ | NC | 1.80 | 2.07a | 0.88 | 1.67 |
+ | PC | 1.60 | 1.32bc | 0.88 | 1.17 |
+ | K | 1.50 | 1.38b | 1.00 | 1.25 |
+ | WK1 | 1.60 | 1.38b | 0.75 | 1.17 |
+ | K-WK1 | 1.40 | 1.44b | 0.38 | 1.08 |
− | | 1.10 | 1.09 | 0.53 | 0.90 |
+ | | 1.58 | 1.52 | 0.78 | 1.27 |
| NC | 1.65 | 1.75 | 0.63 | 1.38 |
| PC | 1.40 | 1.13 | 0.69 | 0.98 |
| K | 1.30 | 1.28 | 0.82 | 1.13 |
| WK1 | 1.25 | 1.23 | 0.69 | 1.05 |
| K-WK1 | 1.10 | 1.13 | 0.44 | 0.90 |
p-value | CHAL | 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.059 | < 0.001 |
| PRO | 0.050 | < 0.001 | 0.412 | < 0.001 |
| CHAL×PRO | 0.695 | 0.033 | 0.495 | 0.110 |
SE | | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
CHAL −, non-challenge with E. coli; NC, basal diet; PC, NC + 0.01% Lactiplantibacillus plantarum; K, NC + 0.1% Pediococcus acidilactic K; WK1, NC + 0.1% Pediococcus pentosaceus SMFM2016-WK1; K-WK1, NC + 0.05% P. acidilactici K + 0.05% P. pentosaceus SMFM2016-WK1; CHAL +, challenge with E. coli.
Different letters in a same row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).
E. coli, Escherichia coli; PRO, probiotics.