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Table 3 Products of oxidative damage and markers of immune status in nursery pigs fed diets supplemented with Saccharomyces yeast postbiotic

From: Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics mitigate mucosal damages from F18+ Escherichia coli challenges by positively balancing the mucosal microbiota in the jejunum of young pigs

Item

Treatmenta

P value

NC

PC

SYP

SEM

NC versus PC

PC versus SYP

Unit/mg protein

      

MDA, nmol

0.34

0.46

0.48

0.07

0.205

0.874

Protein carbonyl, nmol

1.28

1.59

0.73

0.27

0.332

0.011

IgG, µg

1.85

1.95

1.82

0.30

0.806

0.742

IgA, µg

2.76

2.84

3.17

0.42

0.917

0.582

TNFa, pg

4.15

3.78

4.60

0.91

0.736

0.451

IL-6, pg

39.12

22.22

37.23

6.56

0.073

0.109

IL-8, pg

1.31

1.46

1.43

0.20

0.592

0.900

  1. PC, NC + challenged with F18+ E. coli; SYP, NC + Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics (175 g/ton of feed) + challenged with F18+ E. coli
  2. aNC, basal diet (no supplementation)