Effect of oral KETOPROFEN treatment in acute respiratory disease outbreaks in finishing pigs

Table 5 Body weight and daily weight gain of representative pigs in a group of finishing pigs with respiratory clinical signs

Variable	Treatment group	N	DAY 0 Mean ± sd	N	DAY 3 Mean ± sd	N	DAY 30 Mean ± sd
Body weight, kg	Placebo	60	40.1 ± 7.1^a	60	43.1 ± 7.5^a	50	70.9 ± 9.5^b
Body weight, kg	Ketoprofen	60	43.4 ± 8.8^a	60	46.3 ± 9.1^a	50	71.1 ± 12.2^b
			DAY0-DAY 3		DAY 0-DAY 30
Daily weight gain, g	Placebo	60	1046 ± 719	50	992.5 ± 145^A
Daily weight gain, g	Ketoprofen	60	1235 ± 721 ^a	50	886.8 ± 197^b,B

The pigs were given oral ketoprofen (3 mg/kg) or placebo during DAY 1–3 and weighed before treatment (DAY 0), on the last day of treatment (DAY 3) and on DAY 30
^a,bValues with different superscripts within the same row differ significantly, p ≤ 0.05
^A,BValues with different superscripts within the same column differ significantly, p = 0.01

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