Microbiome

Table 4 Effects of ASP on weight gain and diarrhea rate of calves

From: Arula-7 powder improves diarrhea and intestinal epithelial tight junction function associated with its regulation of intestinal flora in calves infected with pathogenic Escherichia coli O₁

Items	NC	MC	0.5 mg/kg CIP	2.50 g/kg ASP
Initial weight, kg	29.75 ± 0.73^a	29.02 ± 1.04^a	30.85 ± 1.24^a	29.78 ± 1.04^a
Final weight, kg	33.37 ± 0.83^a	31.90 ± 1.25^b	33.89 ± 0.86^a	34.15 ± 1.37^a
ADG, kg/day	0.56 ± 0.08^b	0.25 ± 0.04^c	0.46 ± 0.11^b	0.71 ± 0.05^a
Diarrhea ratio, %	0.00^c	80.00^a	20.00^b	20.00^b

^a,b,cMeans bearing different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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