. 2023 Apr 3;10:1095160. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1095160

Table 4.

Effect of postweaning enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) F18 challenge and dietary supplementation with plant combinations on white blood cell differential of organic weaner pigs.

Item^d	Treatment^e				SEM^f	P -value
	NC	PC	GA	GB		Treat	Day	Treat × day
WBC (10⁹/L)						0.702	0.185	0.419
Weaning	22.95	20.68	19.30	22.82	2.294
Day 3	22.65	21.89	23.15	26.36	2.082
Day 5	21.07	23.06	21.48	22.98	2.206
Day 7	21.54	25.14	24.79	23.19	2.302
Day 14	21.09	24.74	27.27	22.13	2.187
Day 21	19.76	22.22	22.93	21.41	2.215
Neutrophils (%)						0.361	0.035	0.271
Weaning	47.13	41.66	42.49	43.87	2.627
Day 3	43.38	37.05	35.51	40.19	2.750
Day 5	42.81	34.33	38.30	41.62	2.796
Day 7	44.23	40.17	40.66	42.06	2.630
Day 14	41.30	42.76	41.64	40.61	2.477
Day 21	37.31	42.14	41.64	38.39	2.507
Lymphocytes (%)						0.347	<0.001	0.033
Weaning	42.03	49.17	42.91	45.47	3.273
Day 3	43.74	49.76	49.62	48.30	2.753
Day 5	47.23	56.05	51.34	49.37	2.484
Day 7	46.87	53.09	50.14	50.79	2.362
Day 14	52.70	50.88	51.27	52.55	1.819
Day 21	57.06^b	50.91^a	50.31^a	55.08^ab	1.680
Monocytes (%)						0.012	<0.001	<0.001
Weaning	3.62^b	1.13^a	5.72^c	4.87^bc	0.642
Day 3	4.61^a	5.76^ab	6.69^b	4.66^a	0.497
Day 5	5.12^ab	6.32^b	5.90^ab	4.54^a	0.465
Day 7	5.47	4.61	5.65	4.21	0.621
Day 14	5.24	4.42	5.28	4.71	0.663
Day 21	4.68	5.57	6.17	4.92	0.588
Eosinophils (%)						0.767	<0.001	0.021
Weaning	7.57	10.04	8.90	6.14	1.217
Day 3	8.27	7.36	8.16	6.81	1.170
Day 5	4.81	3.36	4.36	4.58	0.708
Day 7	3.30	1.92	3.65	2.91	0.569
Day 14	1.07	1.87	1.63	2.07	0.479
Day 21	1.09	2.00	1.83	1.61	0.483
Basophils (%)						1.000	0.905	0.964
Weaning	0.05	0.03	0.10	0.04	0.312
Day 3	0.00	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.156
Day 5	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.194
Day 7	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.113
Day 14	0.00	0.01	0.07	0.05	0.203
Day 21	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.00	0.182

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Within a row, values with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05), Benjamini-Hochberg adjustment.

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Within a row, values that do not share a common superscript differ (P < 0.05), Benjamini-Hochberg adjustment.

WBC, White blood cell count.

NC, non-challenge (n = 8), standard diet; PC, challenged, standard diet (0–7 d, n = 8; 7–21 d, n = 7); GA, challenged, garlic + apple pomace (3 + 3%; 0–7 d, n = 8; 7–21 d, n = 6); GB, challenged, garlic + blackcurrant (3 + 3%; n = 8).

Pooled standard error of least squared means.