Phytogenic feed additives alleviate pathogenic Escherichia coli-induced intestinal damage through improving barrier integrity and inhibiting inflammation in weaned pigs

Table 5 Effect of PFAs on blood profile in weaned pigs challenged with E. coli¹

Items	NC	PC	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	SEM	P-value
d 0
WBC, 10³/μL	18.68	19.69	19.93	18.65	19.85	20.22	18.59	1.123	0.882
Basophil, %	0.50	0.47	0.47	0.50	0.53	0.57	0.53	0.039	0.493
Neutrophil, %	54.23	56.13	53.57	54.43	53.53	57.30	54.67	1.515	0.542
Lymphocyte, %	38.47	36.13	38.33	39.53	37.47	37.67	39.40	1.359	0.608
d 7 PI
WBC, 10³/μL	19.21^b	24.44^ab	22.76^ab	21.85^b	24.10^ab	28.85^a	23.57^ab	1.532	0.004
Basophil, %	0.77	0.60	0.67	0.60	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.052	0.128
Neutrophil, %	43.13^b	57.30a^a	48.17^b	42.33^b	50.43^ab	47.97^b	49.30^ab	2.039	0.001
Lymphocyte, %	46.07^ab	31.97^c	41.93^ab	48.47^a	42.13^ab	39.30^bc	42.20^ab	2.045	0.001
d 14 PI
WBC, 10³/μL	13.91^c	18.11^bc	21.51^ab	18.86^abc	21.75^ab	23.85^a	22.37^ab	1.302	0.001
Basophil, %	0.60^ab	0.70^ab	0.47^b	0.57^ab	0.50^b	0.47^b	0.80^a	0.082	0.044
Neutrophil, %	34.50^bc	42.37^ab	49.60^a	30.87^c	39.43^bc	42.87^ab	36.67^bc	2.016	0.001
Lymphocyte, %	57.23^a	46.20^c	45.87^c	56.20^ab	51.57^abc	47.50^bc	47.00^c	2.071	0.001

¹Abbreviations: NC Basal diet without E. coli challenge (negative control), PC Basal diet with E. coli challenge (positive control), T1 PC + 0.04% PFA1, T2 PC + 0.01% PFA2, T3 PC + 0.10% PFA3, T4 PC + 0.04% PFA4, T5 PC + 0.10% PFA5, PI Post-inoculation, WBC White blood cell, SEM Standard error of mean
^a-cMeans with different letters are significantly differ (P < 0.05)

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