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.