Table 2.
Effect of dietary MOS supplementation on non-specific and specific cellular immune response of weaned pigs (lymphocyte stimulation index) [47].
| T R E A T M E N T S * | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (Wks) | M0 | M1 | M2 | M4 | AB | NI | RMSE | P-value ** |
| Con A | ||||||||
| 1 | 5.08 | 5.10 | 5.13 | 5.10 | 5.08 | - | 0.054 | 0.19 |
| 2 | 5.21 | 5.21 | 5.20 | 5.20 | 5.17 | - | 0.122 | 0.96 |
| 5 | 5.21 b | 5.37 a | 5.27 ab | 5.24 ab | 5.20 b | - | 0.105 | 0.02 |
| PHA | ||||||||
| 1 | 3.73 | 3.72 | 3.76 | 3.69 | 3.71 | - | 0.071 | 0.45 |
| 2 | 3.81 | 3.86 | 3.81 | 3.78 | 3.80 | - | 0.146 | 0.84 |
| 5 | 3.81 ab | 3.98 a | 3.86 ab | 3.78 b | 3.86 ab | - | 0.134 | 0.02 |
| PWM | ||||||||
| 1 † | 2.89 | 2.91 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.90 | - | 0.070 | 0.96 |
| 4 | 3.06 | 3.17 | 3.09 | 3.12 | 3.07 | - | 0.125 | 0.34 |
| 5 | 3.06 a | 3.27 b | 3.18 ab | 3.13 ab | 3.10 ab | - | 0.148 | 0.048 |
| Auj | ||||||||
| 1 | 0.88 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.135 | 0.56 |
| 2 † | 1.28 | 1.34 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.02 | 0.274 | 0.10 |
| 3 | 1.57 ab | 1.95 a | 1.55 ab | 1.56 ab | 1.40 bc | 1.04 c | 0.339 | 0.0001 |
| 4 † | 2.62 a | 2.82 a | 2.61 a | 2.50 a | 2.53 a | 1.03 b | 0.736 | 0.0001 |
| 5 | 2.94 a | 3.15 a | 3.23 a | 3.11 a | 2.78 a | 1.04 b | 0.686 | 0.0001 |
RMSE: root mean square error; M0: negative control without antibiotic or MOS; M1: supplementation of 1 g AgriMos/kg feed; M2: supplementation of 2 g AgriMos/kg; M4: supplementation of 4 g AgriMos/kg feed; AB: antibiotic growth promoter containing feed with 0.2 g Maxus-200 (40 ppm avilamycin supplementation)/kg feed; NI: non-immunized group fed no supplementation.
a,b,c common letters within rows indicate no differences at P < 0.05.
** There was no effect of interaction between treatment and replication.
† Replication effect was significant (P < 0.05).