Mycotoxin binder improves growth rate in piglets associated with reduction of toll-like receptor-4 and increase of tight junction protein gene expression in gut mucosa

Table 5 Loadings and principal component scores for 5 principal components obtained by principal component analysis ^a (PCA) of 11 variables from piglets fed diets with or without mycotoxin contamination, and with or without binder at d14 post-weaning

^aRotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalisation; only correlations with |r| > 0.3 are indicated
^b CON negative control diet (uncontaminated basal diet), CON + BIN negative control diet with 1 kg/t mycotoxin binder, DON negative control diet with DON, DON + BIN negative control diet with DON and 1 kg/t mycotoxin binder. Principal components scores of subjects were analysed by General Linear model with fixed factor mycotoxin addition, binder addition and the interaction
^c BW body weight, CLDN-1 Claudin 1, CLDN-2 Claudin 2, CLDN-5 Claudin 5, FD4 FITC-dextran 4, IAP Intestinal alkaline phosphatase, IL-1β Interleukin 1 beta, IL-8 Interleukin 8, OCLN Occludin, TLR-4 Toll like receptor 4, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha

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