Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions Decrease Diarrhea Rate by Relieving Colonic Inflammation and Ameliorating Caecum Microbiota in Piglets

Table 4

Effects of TCM supplements on nutrient digestibility in piglets.

Items	Groups
	Control	TCM1	TCM2
CP (%)	74.55 ± 0.34^Aa	78.51 ± 0.61^Bc	76.51 ± 0.30^Ab
CF (%)	73.50 ± 0.67^A	78.72 ± 0.58^B	74.57 ± 0.66^A
NDF (%)	53.39 ± 1.03^Aa	60.70 ± 1.22^Bb	57.47 ± 0.99^ABb
ADF (%)	25.90 ± 0.67^A	31.25 ± 0.62^B	29.99 ± 0.97^B
Ca (%)	58.42 ± 0.73^A	62.52 ± 0.73^B	60.50 ± 0.89^AB
P (%)	48.83 ± 1.00^a	52.12 ± 0.75^b	49.26 ± 1.01^a

Note. CP, crude protein; CF, crude fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber. Results are expressed as mean ± SD, one-way ANOVA, n = 6. ^a,bWithin a row, means without a common lowercase superscript are different at . ^A,BWithin a row, means without a common uppercase superscript are different at .