Effects of dietary Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, inflammatory response, and microbiota of intra-uterine growth retarded weanling piglets

Table 9 Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens on intestinal goblet cell density and mucin 2 and trefoil factor 3 contents of weanling piglets with intra-uterine growth retardation

Items^a		NBW-CON (NC group)	IUGR-CON (IC group)	IUGR-BA (IB group)	SEM	Contrast
Items^a		NBW-CON (NC group)	IUGR-CON (IC group)	IUGR-BA (IB group)	SEM	NC vs. IC	IC vs. IB
Jejunum	Goblet cell density^b, n/100 μm of villus height	2.89	2.69	2.72	0.07	0.540	0.982
	MUC2^c, ng/mg protein	12.52	8.04	8.92	0.95	NS	NS
	TFF3^b, ng/mg protein	107.69	83.22	93.88	3.72	0.012	0.340
Ileum	Goblet cell density^b, n/100 μm of villus height	4.02	3.16	3.84	0.13	0.009	0.039
	MUC2^b, ng/mg protein	17.75	6.99	13.89	1.36	< 0.001	0.016
	TFF3^b, ng/mg protein	168.07	103.83	151.02	9.17	0.004	0.032

^aIUGR-BA piglets with intrauterine growth retardation fed the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens-supplemented diet, IUGR-CON piglets with intrauterine growth retardation fed the control diet, MUC2 mucin 2, NBW-CON piglets with normal birth weight fed the control diet, NS nonsignificant values after Kruskal–Wallis comparison test, TFF3 trefoil factor 3
^bOne-way ANOVA test. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant
^cNon-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant

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