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. 2022 Oct 3;13:994151. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.994151

Table 3.

Effect of dietary treatments on the rectal temperature in piglets post enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) challenge.

Treatments1 0 h 9 h 24 h 48 h 120 h 192 h
NC 38.89 ± 0.34 39.18 ± 0.30b 39.27 ± 0.23b 39.50 ± 0.23a 39.58 ± 0.36 38.92 ± 0.20b
PC 39.06 ± 0.47 39.78 ± 0.4a 39.84 ± 0.41a 39.84 ± 0.47a 39.88 ± 0.43 39.60 ± 0.34a
CS 38.80 ± 0.41 38.95 ± 0.22b 39.36 ± 0.29b 39.07 ± 0.37b 39.73 ± 0.33 39.03 ± 0.32b
GOD 38.97 ± 0.37 39.33 ± 0.54b 39.62 ± 0.43a b 39.62 ± 0.45a 39.69 ± 0.27 38.80 ± 0.33b
p value 0.619 0.001 0.013 0.003 0.428 <0.001
a,b

Values with different superscripts within the same column differ significantly (p < 0.05).

1

NC, negative control (piglets were free of challenge); PC, positive control (piglets were challenged with ETEC on the 11th day of the experiment); CS, PC piglets supplemented with 40 g/t colistin sulfate; and GOD, PC piglets supplemented with 200 g/t glucose oxidase.