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. 2016 May 27;6:27070. doi: 10.1038/srep27070

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(A) Body weight is shown as a percentage of weight change from days 1 to 10. Pigs developed symptomatic diseases after inoculation with E. coli O157:H7. (B) Kidney index = kidney weight (g)/body weight (kg). (C) Hemoglobin (g/L), (D) platelet counts (/L), and (E) plasma creatinine levels were analyzed from precaval vein blood samples from the same pigs in (C) and (D). Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. *Indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to that of control group by One-way ANOVA. ^#Indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to that of infected group by One-way ANOVA. (F) Normal renal cortex from a pig. (G) Renal cortex from an E. coli O157:H7-challenged pig. (H) Renal cortex from a pig fed with NaB and challenged by E. coli O157:H7. (I) Renal cortex from a pig fed with NaB. The scale bar represents 50 μm.