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. 2015 Nov 23;5(4):1147–1168. doi: 10.3390/ani5040403

Table 7.

Plasma levels of plasma acute phase proteins, plasma urea nitrogen, and total antioxidant capacity on day 4 and day 11 in pigs experimentally infected with ETEC and fed different diets after weaning.

Item Treatment * SEM p-Value
Base ZnO OACP D T D × T
Haptoglobin (mg/mL)
d 4 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.09 0.325 0.210 0.285
d 11 1.4 0.8 0.9
Albumin (mmol/L)
d 4 24.8 24.6 24.9 0.36 0.016 0.752 0.689
d 11 23.1 23.4 24.2
C-RP (μg/mL)
d 4 9.8 9.0 10.4 1.51 0.003 0.267 0.161
d 11 20.5 10.0 18.5
PUN (mmol/L)
d 4 3.3 3.1 2.7 0.11 <0.001 0.220 0.435
d 11 2.8 2.4 2.4
TAC (μM)
d 4 250.1 265.7 246.5 3.12 <0.001 0.134 0.659
d 11 213.9 224.8 218.3

* Base diet; ZnO: base + 3 g ZnO/kg; OACP: base + 1.5 g/kg of a mixture of an organic acid blend, cinnamaldehyde and a permeabilizing complex (Biotronic Top 3®, Biomin Australia Pty, Ltd., Carlingford, Australia); C-RP, C-reactive protein; PUN, plasma urea nitrogen; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; SEM, standard error of the mean; D, day; T, treatment.