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Table 4 immune function of weaned pigs fed different levels of PEOa

From: Effects of plant essential oil supplementation on growth performance, immune function and antioxidant activities in weaned pigs

Itemsb

CON

PEO50

PEO100

PEO200

P

Linear

Quadratic

TP, g/L

50.03 ± 1.69

50.66 ± 0.47

51.89 ± 0.64

51.91 ± 1.08

0.235

0.489

ALB, g/L

29.32 ± 0.82

28.98 ± 0.39

29.09 ± 0.35

30.90 ± 0.43

0.098

0.070

TG mmol/L

0.58 ± 0.06

0.44 ± 0.01

0.44 ± 0.07

0.43 ± 0.03

0.346

0.171

TC mmol/L

2.10 ± 0.04

2.29 ± 0.06

2.14 ± 0.06

1.95 ± 0.06

0.039

0.103

IgG, g/L

2.55 ± 0.25

2.42 ± 0.19

3.31 ± 0.43

3.84 ± 0.61

0.003

0.007

IgA, g/L

0.89 ± 0.05

0.89 ± 0.08

1.07 ± 0.08

1.14 ± 0.07

0.813

0.840

IgM, g/L

0.23 ± 0.03

0.25 ± 0.01

0.25 ± 0.02

0.23 ± 0.03

0.029

0.098

  1. Treatments: CON means basal diet; PEO50 means basal diet with 50 ppm PEO; PEO100 means basal diet with 100 ppm PEO; PEO200 means basal diet with 200 ppm PEO
  2. aValues are means ± S.E, n = 6
  3. bTP total protein, ALB albumin, TG triglyceride, TC cholesterol