Table 4. Effects of supplemental antibiotic (AB) and bacteriophage (BP) on apparent ileal and total tract digestibility of energy and nutrients in growing pigs1)

Item Diet SEM p-values
Control AB2) BP3) Control vs. AB and BP AB vs. BP
Ileal digestbility (%)
 Energy 80.7 79.1 79.5 1.4 0.347 0.818
 Dry matter 79.6 78.2 78.5 1.5 0.413 0.845
 Organic matter 81.5 79.9 80.3 1.6 0.426 0.809
 Crude protein 83.8 82.4 81.0 1.4 0.109 0.276
 Neutral detergent fiber 45.8 42.1 41.7 3.7 0.411 0.929
 Acid detergent fiber 26.9 28.4 30.2 3.9 0.570 0.708
Total tract digestibility (%)
 Energy 81.4 82.5 82.4 0.9 0.206 0.917
 Dry matter 82.0 82.9 83.0 0.7 0.199 0.966
 Organic matter 84.1 84.7 85.0 0.7 0.376 0.752
 Crude protein 80.7 82.5 81.9 1.2 0.242 0.626
 Neutral detergent fiber 49.8 49.6 52.8 2.5 0.403 0.100
 Acid detergent fiber 39.1 37.7 39.9 3.9 0.886 0.380
Each least squares mean represents 8 observations except the control diet (n = 7).
Avilamix (avilamycin 20 g/kg, CTCBIO, Seoul, Korea) was supplemented at 0.1%.
BacterPhage (CTCBIO) was supplemented at 0.2%. The product contained a mixture of BP consisted of Clostridium perfringens types A and C, Escherichia coli (f41, k88, and k99), Salmonella spp. (Salmonella choleraesuis, Salmonella derby, Salmonella enteritidis, and Salmonella typhimurium), and Staphylococcus aureus. The BP product contained 109 plaque-forming units per gram.