Figure 6.

The feeding trial took place over a period of four weeks and the general experimental setup, including experimental groups is depicted in the upper panel. On day 27, pigs were surgically equipped with arterial and venous catheters followed by a recovery day. After the morning feeding (6:45–7:00) on day 29, animals were exposed to acute intravenous treatments for 1h thereby creating six experimental groups in total. (lower panel) Over a period of 210 min, starting 30 min before infusion until 180 min p.i. blood samples were taken and clinical signs were observed.