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Table 7.

Effect of dietary DMY supplementation on mucosal enzyme activity of small intestine in weaned piglets upon ETEC challenge.¹

Items	Treatments²			SEM	p-value
Items	CON	ETEC	ETECPE	SEM	p-value
Duodenum
AKP, U/g protein	8.12^a	6.17^b	7.82^a	0.40	0.04
Sucrase, U/mg protein	162.35^b	160.14^b	202.50^a	15.54	0.02
Lactase, U/mg protein	180.26	166.82	177.66	16.18	0.68
Maltase, U/mg protein	216.71^b	221.71^b	305.47^a	27.13	<0.01
Jejunum
AKP, U/g protein	11.25^a	8.52^b	9.51^ab	0.43	0.05
Sucrase, U/mg protein	379.77^a	303.82^b	370.20^a	23.22	<0.01
Lactase, U/mg protein	307.45^a	227.72^b	320.11^a	24.38	<0.01
Maltase, U/mg protein	774.16	661.24	624.68	80.24	0.17
Ileum
AKP, U/g protein	4.12	3.59	3.73	0.31	0.32
Sucrase, U/mg protein	51.79^ab	38.33^b	54.62^a	5.74	0.02
Lactase, U/mg protein	74.80	62.10	50.27	12.36	0.16
Maltase, U/mg protein	122.01	102.69	102.40	10.21	0.11

AKP, alkaline phosphatase.

Data are means of eight replicates per treatment.

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).