Table 4. The effect of the dietary E. faecium supplementation on the blood profile in the weanling pigs.
| Items (week 6) | CON | TRT1 | TRT2 | TRT3 | TRT4 | SEM1 | P-value | |
| linear | quadratic | |||||||
| WBC (× 103/μl) | 21.59 | 20.51 | 21.07 | 20.53 | 21.64 | 1.97 | 0.985 | 0.665 |
| RBC (× 106/μl) | 5.95 | 5.72 | 6.14 | 6.10 | 6.01 | 0.13 | 0.229 | 0.719 |
| Lymphocyte (%) | 68.05 | 68.73 | 63.98 | 64.25 | 66.95 | 5.94 | 0.728 | 0.690 |
| Glucose (mmol/l) | 4.68 | 4.56 | 4.98 | 4.91 | 5.00 | 0.31 | 0.812 | 0.272 |
1Standard error of means – significant results were defined as less than P < 0.05 and statistically highly significant as P < 0.001
CON = basal diet; RBC = red blood cells; TRT1 = basal diet + 2.5 × 105 cfu/g E. faecium; TRT2 = basal diet + 1.29 × 106 cfu/g; TRT3 = basal diet + 1.15 × 107 cfu/g; TRT4 = basal diet + 1.1 × 108 cfu/g; WBC = white blood cells