TABLE 3.
Effects of dietary LBPs supplementation on immune response in serum of weaned piglets.
Items1 | Treatments2 |
SEM3 | P-value | ||
CON | ABO | LBPs | |||
IgA, g/L | 2.73 | 2.88 | 2.68 | 0.056 | 0.386 |
IgG, g/L | 8.98b | 11.2a | 10.6a | 0.302 | 0.018 |
IgM, g/L | 0.09b | 0.12a | 0.11a | 0.003 | 0.013 |
1IgA, Immunoglobulin A; IgG, Immunoglobulin G; IgM,: Immunoglobulin M.
2Treatments consisted of (1) CON; basal diet, (2) LBPs; basal diet + 4,000 mg/kg LBPs and (3) ABO; basal diet + 20 mg/kg flavomycin + 50 mg/kg quinocetone.
3SEM, pooled standard error of mean (n = 8).
a,bMeans within each row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).