Amino acid fortified diets for weanling pigs replacing fish meal and whey protein concentrate: Effects on growth, immune status, and gut health

Zhao, Yan; Weaver, Alexandra C; Fellner, Vivek; Payne, Robert L; Kim, Sung Woo

doi:10.1186/2049-1891-5-57

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 5 Hematological evaluation of pigs fed experimental diets

From: Amino acid fortified diets for weanling pigs replacing fish meal and whey protein concentrate: Effects on growth, immune status, and gut health

Items	FM-WPC¹	FM-AA²	WPC-AA³	AA⁴	SEM	P value
n	8	8	8	8
Phase 1, d 7
White blood cell, 10³ cell/μL	13.09	12.78	13.81	13.83	1.16	NS⁵
Red blood cell, 10⁶ cell/μL	6.18	6.14	5.93	6.23	0.28	NS
Hemoglobin, g/dL	10.60	10.64	9.99	10.76	0.64	NS
Hematocrit, %	33.60	34.23	32.56	34.61	1.77	NS
Mean corpuscular volume, fL	54.25	56.11	55.11	55.54	1.79	NS
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg/cell	17.09	17.46	16.93	17.21	0.73	NS
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, %	31.40	31.03	30.64	30.95	0.40	NS
Red blood cell distribution width, μm	18.13	19.71	20.73	20.80	1.78	NS
Platelet count, /μL	407.9	393.8	346.6	439.6	57.0	NS
Mean platelet volume, fL	10.24	9.84	10.28	10.61	0.44	NS
Neutrophil, 10³ cell/μL	4.86	5.78	6.05	6.16	0.65	NS
Lymphocyte, 10³ cell/μL	7.13	5.72	6.41	6.50	0.65	NS
Monocyte, 10³ cell/μL	0.59^A	0.62^A	0.91^B	0.56^A	0.09	0.057
Eosinophil, 10³ cell/μL	0.23	0.33	0.41	0.29	0.08	NS
Basophil, 10³ cell/μL	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.04	NS
Phase 2, d 28
White blood cell, 10³ cell/μL	17.99	14.51	18.74	18.46	1.863	NS
Red blood cell, 10⁶ cell/μL	6.01^ab	5.93^a	5.96^a	6.15^b	0.09	0.005
Hemoglobin, g/dL	10.05^ab	10.27^a	9.88^b	10.30^a	0.08	0.002
Hematocrit, %	31.65	32.11	30.54	32.59	0.73	NS
Mean corpuscular volume, fL	52.96	54.53	51.38	53.04	1.45	NS
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg/cell	16.84	17.43	16.63	16.79	0.50	NS
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, %	31.75	31.96	32.30	31.63	0.23	NS
Red blood cell distribution width, μm	18.50	19.27	19.90	19.31	1.11	NS
Platelet count, /μL	467.0	453.1	357.6	506.9	60.2	NS
Mean platelet volume, fL	9.75	9.49	9.56	9.81	0.46	NS
Neutrophil, 10³ cell/μL	5.79^A	5.33^A	8.02^B	5.95^A	1.52	0.082
Lymphocyte, 10³ cell/μL	10.15	7.33	8.61	10.42	0.91	NS
Monocyte, 10³ cell/μL	1.34	1.02	1.02	1.16	0.18	NS
Eosinophil, 10³ cell/μL	0.43	0.37	0.42	0.38	0.06	NS
Basophil, 10³ cell/μL	0.11	0.10	0.13	0.12	0.02	NS

¹FM-WPC: a control diet with fish meal and whey protein concentrate.
²FM-AA: a diet with fish meal and amino acids replacing whey protein concentrate.
³WPC-AA: a diet with whey protein concentrate and amino acids replacing fish meal.
⁴AA: a diet with amino acids replacing both fish meal and whey protein concentrate.
⁵NS: not significant (P > 0.10).
^A-BMeans lacking a common superscript tend to differ within a row (0.05 ≤ P < 0.1).
^a-dMeans lacking a common superscript are differ within a row (P < 0.05).

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