Table 4.

Biochemical blood assays of pigs fed diets contaminated with aflatoxin (0 or 20 µg/kg) and supplemented with modified yeast cell wall extract (0 or 2 g/kg).¹

Item	No AF		AF		SEM	P-value
	No YC	YC	No YC	YC		AF	YC	Interaction
A:G ratio	2.10	2.07	2.23	2.51	0.23	0.050	0.377	0.275
Albumin, g/dL	3.45	3.47	3.47	3.79	0.10	0.055	0.055	0.089
Alk phosphatase, U/L	281	272	288	263	15	0.255	0.924	0.601
ALT, U/L	26.3	28.7	26.1	28.6	2.2	0.944	0.261	0.982
AST, U/L	30.7	30.3	27.5	28.9	2.2	0.277	0.811	0.668
BUN/creatinine ratio	18.5	14.7	14.2	15.6	1.2	0.146	0.300	0.030
Ca, mg/dL	10.7	10.9	11.0	11.0	0.1	0.080	0.485	0.425
Cl, mEq/L	102	102	102	102	1.	0.762	0.762	0.952
Cholesterol, mg/dL	75.9	79.3	80.2	77.2	4.2	0.958	0.772	0.402
CPK, U/L	1,112	1,177	943	1,311	245	0.944	0.383	0.539
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.69	0.66	0.70	0.69	0.03	0.459	0.459	0.710
Globulin, g/dL	1.69	1.71	1.67	1.55	0.92	0.292	0.364	0.302
Glucose, mg/dL	133	124	124	124	6	0.407	0.407	0.447
K, mEq/L	5.71	5.68	5.50	5.59	0.63	0.304	0.836	0.679
Na, mEq/L	143	144	144	143	1	0.741	0.741	0.324
Na:K ratio	25.7	26.0	26.8	26.2	3.2	0.263	0.794	0.436
P, mg/dL	11.0	11.0	10.7	10.8	0.5	0.716	0.790	0.484
Total bilirubin, mg/dL	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.02	0.326	0.326	0.326
Total protein, g/dL	5.14	5.18	5.14	5.34	0.09	0.380	0.192	0.380
Urea nitrogen, mg/dL	12.6	9.5	9.9	10.6	0.8	0.288	0.116	0.016

AF = aflatoxin; YC = yeast cell wall based feed additive; A/G ratio = albumin to globulin ratio; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; Alk phosphatase = alkaline phosphatase; BUN/creatinine ratio = blood urea N to creatinine ratio; CPK = creatine phosphokinase.

¹Factor AF with the presence of 20 µg AF/kg. Factor YC with the supplementation of 2 g Integral A+/kg.