Effects of Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) Leaf Extract on Growth Performance and Fecal Microflora of Weaned Piglets

Table 2

Performance of piglets on experimental diets.

Item	Control	Group I	Group II	value
Initial weight (kg, 28 d weight)				0.173
35 d weight (kg)				0.843
42 d weight (kg)				0.004
49 d weight (kg)				0.002
56 d weight (kg)				0.023
63 d weight (kg)				0.354
Final weight (kg, 70 d weight)				0.006
Average daily gain (kg/day)				0.478
Diarrhea rate				0.003
Feed intake (kg/day)				0.035
Feed conversion ratio				0.047

Note: different lowercase letters in the same row represent significant difference (); different uppercase letters in the same row represent significant difference (); data with the same letter or no letter indicate that the difference was not significant ().