The Evaluation of Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Eucommia ulmoides Flavones Using Diquat-Challenged Piglet Models

Table 2

Growth performance of piglets.

Item	Basal diet	Basal diet + diquat	EUF diet + diquat	value
Body weight (kg)
Day 0	6.48 ± 0.32	6.50 ± 0.29	6.49 ± 0.32	0.999
Day 7	8.51 ± 0.35	8.53 ± 0.31	8.52 ± 0.36	0.999
Day 14	10.87 ± 0.19	10.12 ± 0.41	10.64 ± 0.28	0.232
Day 21	14.15 ± 0.35^a	12.51 ± 0.45^b	13.89 ± 0.34^a	0.014
Average daily gain (g/d)
Day 0 to 7	290.51 ± 6.21	290.17 ± 5.11	290.44 ± 10.46	0.999
Day 7 to 14	336.57 ± 17.47^a	226.95 ± 27.36^b	302.26 ± 19.46^a, b	0.006
Day 14 to 21	468.55 ± 21.35^a	342.14 ± 28.26^b	464.71 ± 25.42^a	0.002
Average daily feed intake (g/d)
Day 0 to 7	293.45 ± 31.21	300.13 ± 16.31	299.56 ± 10.46	0.970
Day 7 to 14	389.01 ± 12.67^a	308.17 ± 27.78^b	351.16 ± 19.43^a	0.041
Day 14 to 21	680.56 ± 27.43^a, b	599.05 ± 32.03^b	706.63 ± 25.65^a	0.037
Gain : feed (g/g)
Day 0 to 7	0.99 ± 0.01	0.97 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.02	0.647
Day 7 to 14	0.87 ± 0.02^a	0.74 ± 0.05^b	0.86 ± 0.02^a	0.020
Day 14 to 21	0.69 ± 0.02^a	0.57 ± 0.04^b	0.66 ± 0.02^a, b	0.018

^aValues are the mean ± SEM, per treatment group. ^a-bMean values sharing different superscripts within a row differ ().