Table 9.

Effects of dietary supplemented with exogenous CAT on the activities of caspase-3, caspase-8, caspase-9 in the liver of weaned piglets challenged with LPS (Exp. 2)¹

Items, pmol/g protein	CON		CAT		P-values
	−LPS	+LPS	−LPS	+LPS	CAT	LPS	CAT × LPS
Caspase-3	4.04 ± 0.66	5.87 ± 0.53	3.27 ± 0.21	3.38 ± 0.32	0.002	0.049	0.078
Caspase-8	15.62 ± 0.99	18.73 ± 0.81	14.29 ± 0.56	16.81 ± 0.83	0.059	0.002	0.722
Caspase-9	5.82 ± 0.43	5.88 ± 0.79	3.68 ± 0.42	4.97 ± 0.48	0.012	0.236	0.274

¹CON, piglets fed basal diet; CAT, piglets fed basal diet supplemented with 2,000 mg/kg exogenous CAT production; −LPS, piglets not challenged with LPS; +LPS, piglets challenged with LPS; CAT × LPS, interaction between CAT and LPS.

Values are mean ± standard error (n = 6). Differences between treatments were considered significant at P < 0.05.