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Table 4 Effects of constant chronic heat stress on pH value of small intestine segments in growing-finishing pigs

From: Alterations in intestinal microbiota composition coincide with impaired intestinal morphology and dysfunctional ileal immune response in growing-finishing pigs under constant chronic heat stress

Items Treatments P-value
TN HS PF
Duodenum 5.33 ± 0.48 4.96 ± 0.19 4.34 ± 0.62 0.337
Jejunum 6.37 ± 0.14ab 6.02 ± 0.20b 6.58 ± 0.08a 0.042
Ileum 6.58 ± 0.10ab 6.21 ± 0.19b 6.67 ± 0.10a 0.060
  1. TN, thermal neutral conditions (25 ± 1 °C); HS, heat stress conditions (35 ± 1 °C); PF, pair-fed with HS under TN conditions (25 ± 1 °C). Data were expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 8 for TN and PF, n = 7 for HS). Treatments with different superscript letters were significantly different at P < 0.05
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891