Table 5.
Effects of dietary DMY supplementation on organ index of weaned piglets upon ETEC challenge.1
| Items | Treatments2 | SEM | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | ECON | EDMY | |||
| Heart index, % | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.79 |
| Liver index, % | 2.58 | 2.60 | 2.71 | 0.07 | 0.71 |
| Spleen index, % | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.24 |
| Lung index, % | 1.43 | 1.64 | 1.57 | 0.06 | 0.41 |
| Kidney index, % | 0.53ab | 0.59a | 0.51b | 0.02 | 0.05 |
1
Data are means of eight replicates per treatment.
2
CON, pigs were fed with a basal diet; ECON, pigs were fed with a basal diet and challenged by ETEC; EDMY, pigs were fed with a DMY-containing diet and challenged by ETEC.
a,bWithin a row, values with different superscript letters differ (p < 0.05).