Table 6.
Effects of dietary garcinol on plasma IgA and IgG content in piglets during lactation
Item | CON1 | LOW1 | HIGH1 | SEM | P-value |
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Day 1 of lactation | |||||
IgA, mg/mL | 31.71 | 30.61 | 32.42 | 0.21 | 0.378 |
IgG, mg/mL | 4.84 | 4.77 | 5.01 | 0.44 | 0.525 |
Day 7 of lactation | |||||
IgA, mg/mL | 42.32 | 45.28 | 44.27 | 0.12 | 0.555 |
IgG, mg/mL | 7.47 | 7.82 | 7.79 | 0.04 | 0.486 |
Day 14 of lactation | |||||
IgA, mg/mL | 51.02a | 57.40b | 61.23b | 0.18 | 0.038 |
IgG, mg/mL | 9.12a | 9.47b | 9.85b | 0.62 | 0.044 |
1Dietary treatment: CON = control diet; LOW = control diet with 200 mg/kg garcinol; HIGH = control diet with 600 mg/kg garcinol. SEM = standard error of means; IgA = immunoglobulin A; IgG = immunoglobulin G.a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same row differ (P < 0.05).