Table 2. Effects of different probiotics on growth performance of weaning pigs (Exp.1)

Items	NC¹⁾	PC	K	WK1	K-WK1	SE	p-value
BW (kg)
Initial	9.04	9.00	9.00	9.05	9.00	0.07	0.998
2 week	12.06	11.85	12.53	11.71	12.04	0.11	0.190
4 week	18.60	18.82	19.43	19.01	18.66	0.17	0.560
Phase 1: 0–2 week (g)
ADG	216^ab	204^ab	252^a	190^b	218^ab	6.00	0.018
ADFI	365^a	315^ab	369^a	285^b	340^ab	7.00	0.001
G:F	0.59	0.68	0.68	0.67	0.64	0.03	0.189
Phase 2: 2–4 week (g)
ADG	467	498	493	522	473	7.00	0.064
ADFI	798^b	755^b	776^ab	828^a	831^a	8.00	0.001
G:F	0.59^a	0.66^a	0.64^a	0.63^a	0.57^b	0.01	0.001
Overall: 0–4 week (g)
ADG	342	351	373	356	346	5.00	0.267
ADFI	582	535	573	557	586	6.00	0.094
G:F	0.59^ab	0.66^a	0.65^a	0.64^ab	0.59^b	0.01	0.001

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.
Means within column with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).
BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G:F, gain to feed ratio.