Effects of dietary supplementation with a carvacrol–cinnamaldehyde–thymol blend on growth performance and intestinal health of nursery pigs

Table 9 Growth performance of subsequent fattening pigs as affected by CEO supplementation in nursery diet¹

Item	Con²	CEO	SEM	P-value
Initial BW, kg	29.16	31.47	1.16	0.377
Week 6 BW, kg	64.27	67.20	1.47	0.180
Week 12 BW, kg	98.87	103.30	2.22	0.010
Week 15 BW, kg	119.80	123.9	2.05	0.017
Week 1 to 6
ADG, g/d	835.85	850.61	7.38	0.999
ADFI, g/d	1654.3	1726.50	36.08	0.939
FCR	0.51	0.49	0.006	0.996
Week 7 to 12
ADG, g/d	823.81	859.52	17.86	0.997
ADFI, g/d	2300.50	2354.00	26.75	0.979
FCR	0.35	0.36	0.001	0.999
Week 13 to 15
ADG, g/d	1028.56	1044.44	7.94	0.999
ADFI, g/d	2629.67	2748.00	59.17	0.728
FCR	0.39	0.38	0.005	0.997
Week 1 to 15
ADG, g/d	863.23	880.24	8.51	0.998
ADFI, g/d	2107.87	2181.80	36.97	0.934
FCR	0.41	0.40	0.003	0.999

¹ body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), feed conversion ratio (FCR)
² Subsequent control (Con): nursery basal diet. Subsequent CEO: nursery combined essential oil. N = 90 total, n = 45 per group

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