Table 1.
Effects of PD supplementation on serum parameters in early weaned piglets
| 25 days | 42 days | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Treated | Control | Treated | |||||
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |
| Albumin (ng/mL) | 34.68 | 2.16 | 34.97 | 1.09 | 27.20 | 1.20 | 32.18 | 1.66* |
| TNF-α (ng/mL) | 80.13 | 2.97 | 77.11 | 2.64 | 76.98 | 0.76 | 77.10 | 2.14 |
| IgA (μg/mL) | 72.8 | 5.74 | 73.71 | 6.26 | 67.45 | 5.24 | 74.26 | 6.48 |
| GLU (mmol/L) | 3.83 | 0.26 | 3.87 | 0.25 | 3.60 | 0.23 | 3.60 | 0.23 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.29 | 0.35 | 1.34 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 0.07 | 0.59 | 0.07 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 5.78 | 0.60 | 6.75 | 0.45 | 2.07 | 0.17 | 2.87 | 0.32* |
| AKP (King unit) | 42.47 | 1.67 | 43.83 | 1.38 | 33.67 | 1.69 | 32.48 | 1.63 |
| BUN (mmol/L) | 3.71 | 0.41 | 3.88 | 0.33 | 4.44 | 0.28 | 4.47 | 0.35 |
| GOT (King unit) | 41.13 | 4.00 | 40.69 | 4.31 | 42.03 | 4.21 | 41.41 | 3.23 |
| GPT (King unit) | 17.02 | 1.53 | 15.96 | 2.62 | 14.36 | 1.89 | 13.71 | 1.60 |
| MDA (mmol/L) | 8.54 | 1.46 | 8.30 | 1.28 | 5.67 | 0.47 | 4.41 | 0.76 |
| SOD (U/mL) | 97.92 | 8.43 | 94.02 | 7.69 | 117.40 | 3.30 | 131.99 | 2.81* |
| Cortisol (ng/mL) | 99.83 | 3.61 | 96.07 | 4.03 | 100.41 | 3.82 | 101.39 | 2.48 |
| Endotoxin | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.06 |
*Values are statistically different (P < 0.05) compared with those of the control (feed with basal diet) piglets
SOD, superoxide dismutase; MDA, malondialdehyde; GLU, blood glucose; TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; AKP, alkaline phosphatase; GOT, aspartate aminotransferase; GPT, alanine aminotransferase; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α