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ArticleScientific reports2023

Comparative efficacy of a novel Bacillus subtilis-based probiotic and pharmacological zinc oxide on growth performance and gut responses in nursery pigs.

Sudhanshu Sudan, Lauren Fletcher, Xiaoshu Zhan, Serena Dingle, Rob Patterson, Lee-Anne Huber, Robert Friendship, Elijah G Kiarie, Julang Li

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  5. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  6. Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sudhanshu SudanDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Lauren FletcherDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Xiaoshu ZhanDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Serena DingleDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Rob PattersonCBS Bio Platforms Inc, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Lee-Anne HuberDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Robert FriendshipDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Elijah G KiarieDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Julang LiDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. jli@uoguelph.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we assessed the efficacy of a novel Bacillus subtilis probiotic in improving growth performance and gut responses in comparison to pharmacological zinc oxide (ZnO) in nursery pigs. A total of 96 piglets were randomly assigned to four groups: Negative control (NC), Positive control (PC, 3000 mg Zn /kg feed), B.subtilis low dose (BS9-L, 2 × 10

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ProbioticsZinc OxideAnimal FeedAnimalsBacillus subtilisDiarrheaDietEscherichia coliProspective StudiesSwineZinc Oxide

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PMID36949225
PMCPMC10033705

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