Table 1.

Early growth and blood indexes of Rongchang piglets.

Index	D1	D7	D14	D21	D28	D35	D42	ANOVA P-value
Body weight, kg	0.84 ± 0.08f	1.53 ± 0.21e	3.25 ± 0.30d	3.94 ± 0.11d	5.53 ± 0.25c	6.73 ± 0.28b	8.63 ± 0.35a	P < 0.0001
Serum growth hormone, ng/mL	14.07 ± 0.88c	10.07 ± 0.36c	12.68 ± 0.81c	36.63 ± 9.27b	38.55 ± 3.61b	64.72 ± 7.74a	68.25 ± 11.62a	P = 0.0002
Serum insulin, pg/mL	11.13 ± 1.40e	12.37 ± 0.72e	14.52 ± 1.44d	17.61 ± 1.60c	21.11 ± 0.84b	30.09 ± 1.73a	32.25 ± 0.89a	P < 0.0001
Serum triglyceride, mmol/L	0.66 ± 0.13b	0.89 ± 0.08a	0.65 ± 0.19b	0.64 ± 0.10b	0.52 ± 0.16b	0.38 ± 0.06c	0.22 ± 0.03d	P = 0.0145
Serum total cholesterol, mmol/L	1.24 ± 0.10d	2.77 ± 0.38b	3.70 ± 0.47a	2.99 ± 0.21b	1.96 ± 0.39c	1.47 ± 0.14d	1.36 ± 0.16d	P < 0.0001
Serum immunoglobulin G (IgG), mg/mL	4.06 ± 0.35b	3.63 ± 0.12c	3.48 ± 0.09d	3.70 ± 0.21c	3.78 ±0.22c	4.28 ± 0.33b	4.62 ± 0.29a	P = 0.0342
Serum immunoglobulin M (IgM), mg/mL	0.13 ± 0.04b	0.06 ± 0.02e	0.05 ± 0.02e	0.09 ± 0.02d	0.11 ± 0.03c	0.20 ± 0.06a	0.24 ± 0.03a	P = 0.0027
Diarrhea, %	3.7%d	8.9%c	23.5%a	20.2%a	16.4%b	5.1%d	4.6%d	P < 0.0001

N = 6, the data are presented as the mean ± S.E., values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05 (ANOVA).