Table 4.
Effects of probiotics and XOS on serum profiles in weanling pigs1)
| Items | −Probiotics | +Probiotics | SEM | p-value2) | ||||
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| −XOS | +XOS | −XOS | +XOS | Probiotics | XOS | Probiotics×XOS | ||
| ALT (U/L) | 86.4 | 78.5 | 85.4 | 83.1 | 4.1 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| AST (U/L) | 74.9 | 76.0 | 77.8 | 82.1 | 3.9 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.24 |
| TP (g/L) | 59.2 | 59.3 | 61.7 | 59.5 | 3.0 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.48 |
| ALB (g/L) | 34.2 | 33.3 | 35.5 | 35.3 | 2.2 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.53 |
| ALP (U/L) | 354.5 | 384.0 | 381.0 | 349.1 | 19.1 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| GLU (mmol/L) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.33 | 0.60 | 0.27 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.10 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.10 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 0.29 |
XOS, xylo-oligosaccharide; SEM, pooled standard error of the means; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; GLU, glucose; TG, total cholesterol; TC, triglyceride.
1)
Each mean represents 6 pens (n = 6/group).
2)
Probiotics, probiotics effect; XOS, XOS effect; Probiotics×XOS, interaction between probiotics and XOS.