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. 2018 Mar 19;8:4827. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23218-4

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Dietary nucleotide supplementation improved growth performance and villus height of the small intestine in weaned pigs. Weaned pigs were randomly allocated into three groups: control (CON), a corn-soybean meal-based control; NT1, CON + 0.5% NTs; and NT2, CON + 1% NTs. (A) Average daily gain (ADG) of pigs in the three groups over time during the experiment. (B) At the end of the feeding trial (day 42), the levels of cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine were determined by ELISA (n = 10). (C) On day 14, the duodenum jejunum, and ileum were sectioned and stained with H&E (n = 24). Lowercase letters (a, b, and c) indicate significant differences between treatments based on Duncan’s multiple range tests. Error bars indicate standard errors (SEs) of analyses.