Effects of probiotic Bacillus as a substitute for antibiotics on antioxidant capacity and intestinal autophagy of piglets

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Table 2 Effect of Ba on growth performance of piglets (n = 3 replicates)

Items	G1	G2	G3
Initial body weight (kg)	14.62 ± 0.203	14.20 ± 0.18	14.89 ± 0.38
Final body weight (kg)	30.18 ± 1.67	31.80 ± 0.53	32.07 ± 0.86
Daily feed intake (g)	902.48 ± 20.35^b	1022.48 ± 22.44^a	942.69 ± 27.78^a
Average daily gain (g)	555.71 ± 14.71^b	628.57 ± 19.88^a	613.32 ± 13.36^a
Feed: gain	1.624 ± 0.036	1.627 ± 0.035	1.537 ± 0.067

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3 replicates). Different letters indicate a statistically significant difference between groups (p < 0.05)