Table 3.
Effects of gut microbiota on the blood routine indices in a pig model.1
| Item | Groups2 |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV | GF | FMT | ||
| WBC, 109/L | 19.79 ± 2.19a | 7.63 ± 0.32b | 8.95 ± 0.34b | <0.01 |
| NEUT, 109/L | 7.59 ± 1.33a | 2.05 ± 0.36b | 4.16 ± 0.37b | <0.01 |
| LY, 109/L | 10.47 ± 0.86a | 4.22 ± 0.83b | 3.96 ± 0.23b | <0.01 |
| MON, 109/L | 1.15 ± 0.23 | 1.11 ± 0.72 | 0.59 ± 0.04 | 0.64 |
| EOS, 109/L | 0.38 ± 0.09a | 0.10 ± 0.02b | 0.15 ± 0.02b | <0.01 |
| BAS, 109/L | 0.20 ± 0.03a | 0.09 ± 0.01b | 0.09 ± 0.02b | <0.01 |
| RBC, 1012/L | 6.30 ± 0.14 | 6.68 ± 0.24 | 6.71 ± 0.21 | 0.25 |
| HBC, g/L | 120.67 ± 3.58 | 121.25 ± 4.63 | 119.83 ± 3.50 | 0.96 |
| PLT, 109/L | 560.42 ± 31.76 | 588.58 ± 44.52 | 560.75 ± 35.83 | 0.87 |
WBC = white blood cell; NEUT = neutrophils; LY = lymphocyte; MON = monocyte; EOS = eosinophils; BAS = basophilic granulocyte; RBC = red blood cell; HBC = hemoglobin concentration; PLT = platelet.
a, b Labeled means with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at P < 0.05.
1
Values are means ± SEM, n = 6/group.
2
CV, conventional piglets; GF, germ-free piglets; FMT, germ-free piglets were transplanted with healthy sow fecal microbiota.