Table 6.
Effects of dietary probiotic mixture supplementation on plasma biochemical parameters of sows.
| Items | Day postpartum | CON group | BS-A+B group | BS-A+BL group | BS-B+BL group | P-values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB (g/L) | 1 | 41.76 ± 0.63a | 42.39 ± 0.83a | 43.68 ± 0.43a | 39.05 ± 1.26b | 0.01 |
| 21 | 41.05 ± 0.72 | 41.16 ± 0.82 | 41.14 ± 0.88 | 41.23 ± 1.19 | 0.99 | |
| ALP (U/L) | 1 | 49.88 ± 2.39a | 38.50 ± 1.92b | 42.38 ± 2.19ab | 47.75 ± 4.55a | 0.04 |
| 21 | 37.88 ± 2.66 | 44.88 ± 6.26 | 38.63 ± 2.67 | 44.63 ± 3.58 | 0.47 | |
| AMM (μmol/L) | 1 | 123.34 ± 4.40a | 74.89 ± 6.69b | 62.10 ± 6.66b | 107.64 ± 3.35a | <0.01 |
| 21 | 93.73 ± 1.45a | 52.00 ± 2.06b | 58.53 ± 3.84b | 59.26 ± 7.20b | <0.01 | |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1 | 0.64 ± 0.03 | 0.63 ± 0.03 | 0.62 ± 0.03 | 0.71 ± 0.03 | 0.16 |
| 21 | 0.72 ± 0.04b | 0.91 ± 0.06a | 0.72 ± 0.04b | 0.95 ± 0.04a | <0.01 | |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 1 | 0.80 ± 0.06 | 0.86 ± 0.07 | 0.81 ± 0.04 | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 0.83 |
| 21 | 1.10 ± 0.13 | 1.19 ± 0.05 | 0.96 ± 0.08 | 1.08 ± 0.05 | 0.31 | |
| TC (mmol/L) | 1 | 1.41 ± 0.07 | 1.40 ± 0.09 | 1.35 ± 0.04 | 1.47 ± 0.05 | 0.67 |
| 21 | 1.82 ± 0.11 | 2.02 ± 0.09 | 1.63 ± 0.11 | 1.91 ± 0.07 | 0.06 | |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1 | 0.28 ± 0.03 | 0.23 ± 0.02 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.24 ± 0.04 | 0.74 |
| 21 | 0.19 ± 0.03 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | 0.27 | |
| TP (g/L) | 1 | 67.85 ± 1.00b | 70.15 ± 0.99ab | 70.45 ± 0.63ab | 73.40 ± 1.65a | 0.02 |
| 21 | 75.66 ± 1.42 | 78.83 ± 1.61 | 76.79 ± 2.02 | 82.33 ± 1.82 | 0.06 | |
| UN (mmol/L) | 1 | 4.19 ± 0.30 | 4.54 ± 0.16 | 5.35 ± 0.30 | 4.69 ± 0.35 | 0.06 |
| 21 | 4.83 ± 0.19 | 5.88 ± 0.54 | 5.65 ± 0.65 | 5.79 ± 0.32 | 0.37 |
Data are presented as means with SE (n = 8).
a, b
Mean values in the same row with different superscripts were significantly different (P < 0.05). The BS-A+B, BS-A+BL, and BS-B+BL groups contained 125 g/t Bacillus subtilis A (BS-A), 125 g/t Bacillus subtilis B (BS-B), and/or 125 g/t Bacillus licheniformis (BL), respectively.
ALB, albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; AMM, ammonia; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; TP, total protein; UN, urea nitrogen.