Porcine Health Management

Table 3 Effects of dietary treatment¹ on Immunoglobulin A producing cells² in tissue of piglets at different time points

From: Fermented rye with Agaricus subrufescens and mannan-rich hydrolysate based feed additive to modulate post-weaning piglet immune response

Tissue	Day	Treatment	LSmeans	SEM	P-value
Jejunum	15	Control	13.6^a	1.05	< 0.001
		FS	7.28^b	1.00
	30	Control	23.0^a	1.60	0.009
		FS	17.3^b	1.03
	45	Control	26.0	3.00	0.544
		FS	23.5	2.72
Ileum	15	Control	11.8^a	0.896	0.001
		FS	6.62^b	0.850
	30	Control	20.2^a	1.44	0.002
		FS	13.4^b	1.02
	45	Control	18.7	2.16	0.429
		FS	16.4	1.95
Colon	15	Control	11.3	1.00	0.130
		FS	8.98	1.06
	30	Control	19.7^a	1.96	0.001
		FS	15.6^b	0.91
	45	Control	23.0^a	1.31	0.012
		FS	17.9^b	1.24

SEM = standard error of the mean
^a,bDifferent superscripts within a column indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05)
¹Dietary treatment = additional Fysal Solute (FS) at 2 kg/ton
²Immunolabeled cells were counted in 10 non-overlapping consecutive high magnification fields of 25,000 μm

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