Table 3.
Effects of spray-dried whole egg powder containing anti-F4 antibodies (SDWE) on plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) content and serum concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-K88 (ETEC) challenged piglets.
| Item | Treatments1 |
SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEP | SDWE1 | SDWE2 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| IL-6, pg/μL | ||||||
| d 0 | 147.82 | 90.85 | 94.69 | 28.72 | 0.203 | 0.396 |
| d 1 | 163.57 | 134.40 | 106.63 | 38.49 | 0.306 | 0.988 |
| d 2 | 134.15 | 172.79 | 135.06 | 41.90 | 0.988 | 0.464 |
| TNF-α, pg/μL | ||||||
| d 0 | 285.68 | 229.71 | 233.27 | 57.56 | 0.526 | 0.677 |
| d 1 | 168.64 | 163.41 | 232.57 | 42.86 | 0.302 | 0.486 |
| d 2 | 114.38 | 204.03 | 168.66 | 59.59 | 0.526 | 0.400 |
| PUN, mmol/L | ||||||
| d 0 | 5.06 | 5.24 | 4.51 | 0.43 | 0.382 | 0.392 |
| d 1 | 3.48 | 3.38 | 3.94 | 0.55 | 0.554 | 0.626 |
| d 2 | 4.22 | 3.83 | 4.98 | 0.59 | 0.373 | 0.298 |
| d 7 | 3.86 | 2.84 | 4.26 | 0.50 | 0.578 | 0.061 |
CEP = control egg powder; SEM = Standard error of the mean.
1
CEP = basal diet plus 4 kg control egg powder/t feed (0); SDWE1 = basal diet plus 1 kg SDWE and 3 kg control egg powder/t feed (0.1%); SDWE2 = basal diet plus 4 kg SDWE/t feed (0.4%).