Table 6.
Inflammatory response, humoral immunity, and oxidative stress in the plasma of growing pigs fed diets supplemented with phytobiotics and antibiotics as growth promoters (Exp. 2).
| Antibiotic (AGP) | − | + | SEM | p Value 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phytobiotic (PHY) | − | + | − | + | AGP | PHY | AGP × PHY | |
| TNF-α 2, pg/mL | 72.33 | 81.89 | 75.45 | 75.67 | 4.49 | 0.659 | 0.171 | 0.190 |
| IgG 3, mg/mL | 10.42 | 9.33 | 10.38 | 8.18 | 0.61 | 0.341 | 0.011 | 0.370 |
| PC 4, nmol/mg protein | 5.21 | 3.88 | 5.45 | 4.26 | 0.32 | 0.341 | <0.001 | 0.827 |
1 AGP and PHY factors and their interaction (n = 10 per treatment; n = 40 total). 2 Tumor necrosis factor alpha. 3 Immunoglobulin G. 4 Protein carbonyl.