Table 5. Effects of multi-carbohydrases on serum immunoglobulin G, M, and A of nursing piglets
Item | Treatments | SEM | p-value |
CON | MCS |
Day 3 | | | | |
IgG (ng/mL) | 58.62 | 51.75 | 7.261 | 0.519 |
IgM (ng/mL) | 18.51 | 21.89 | 4.887 | 0.636 |
IgA (ng/mL) | 11.95 | 5.55 | 38.948 | 0.914 |
Day 7 | | | | |
IgG (ng/mL) | 247.04 | 278.37 | 10.493 | < 0.10 |
IgM (ng/mL) | 22.22 | 29.00 | 2.383 | < 0.10 |
IgA (ng/mL) | 81.81 | 71.55 | 26.409 | 0.789 |
Values are presented as the least square mean of 6 replicates for piglets.
CON, control diet based on corn and soybean meal; MCS, multi-carbohydrase diet; SEM, standard error of means; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M; IgA, immunoglobulin A.