Administration of Saccharomyces boulardii mafic-1701 improves feed conversion ratio, promotes antioxidant capacity, alleviates intestinal inflammation and modulates gut microbiota in weaned piglets

Table 5 Effect of S. boulardii mafic-1701 on inflammatory parameters in jejunum and ileum in weaned piglets^*

Items	CON	ANT	SB	SEM	P-value
TNF-α, ng/L
Jejunum	200.18^a	112.57^b	117.33^b	16.60	< 0.01
Ileum	101.59	123.24	157.42	13.38	0.31
IL-8, ng/L
Jejunum	133.06	108.04	128.97	5.36	0.07
Ileum	286.76	160.73	177.90	25.12	0.06
IL-6, ng/L
Jejunum	263.60^a	143.04^b	92.64^b	28.25	< 0.01
Ileum	111.61	111.66	132.87	8.25	0.60
IL-4, ng/L
Jejunum	88.74	101.35	125.38	7.74	0.14
Ileum	87.31	99.18	105.40	3.64	0.06

^*Experimental diets were control diet (CON), CON + 75 mg/kg aureomycin (ANT), CON + 1 × 10⁸ CFU/kg S. boulardii mafic-1701 (SB). Intestinal tissues were collected from three piglets per treatment. In the same row, values with different lowercase letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05)

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