Table 12. Diarrhea score of Salmonella 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 | 1.44bc | 0.38 | 1.08de |
− | PC | 1.20 | 0.94d | 0.50 | 0.79fg |
− | K | 1.10 | 1.19bcd | 0.63 | 1.00e |
− | WK1 | 0.90 | 1.07cd | 0.63 | 0.92ef |
− | K-WK1 | 0.80 | 0.82d | 0.50 | 0.71g |
+ | NC | 2.20 | 2.32a | 0.88 | 1.83a |
+ | PC | 1.60 | 1.57b | 1.13 | 1.42b |
+ | K | 1.60 | 1.44bc | 0.75 | 1.21cd |
+ | WK1 | 1.20 | 1.13cd | 0.63 | 0.96ef |
+ | K-WK1 | 1.20 | 1.57b | 0.75 | 1.29bc |
− | | 1.10 | 1.09 | 0.53 | 0.90 |
+ | | 1.56 | 1.61 | 0.83 | 1.34 |
| NC | 1.85 | 1.88 | 0.63 | 1.46 |
| PC | 1.40 | 1.26 | 0.82 | 1.11 |
| K | 1.35 | 1.32 | 0.69 | 1.11 |
| WK1 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 0.63 | 0.94 |
| K-WK1 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 0.63 | 1.00 |
p-value | CHAL | 0.008 | < 0.001 | 0.009 | < 0.001 |
| PRO | 0.019 | < 0.001 | 0.667 | < 0.001 |
| CHAL×PRO | 0.859 | 0.025 | 0.265 | 0.001 |
SE | | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
CHAL −, non-challenge with Salmonella; 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 Salmonella.
Different letters in a same row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).
PRO, probiotics.