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Table 7 Ratio of each treatment against the CO (control) group on plasma metabolites with administration of EC12, SCE, and mixture of EC12 and SCE in weaning pigs without ETEC infection

From: Effects of organic acid, Enterococcus faecalis strain EC-12 and sugar cane extract in feed against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea in pigs

Compound name

Ratio (Treatmenta/ CO)

P value

EC

SC

MI

EC vs. CO

SC vs. CO

MI vs. CO

Butyric acid

1.76

1.52

1.76

0.02

0.22

0.06

Lactic acid

1.81

1.91

2.24

0.09

0.13

0.01

Succinic acid

0.93

1.03

1.15

0.83

0.91

0.64

Pyruvic acid

1.02

1.30

1.33

0.93

0.24

0.28

Malic acid

1.92

1.45

1.57

0.12

0.15

0.26

Citric acid

1.59

1.03

1.38

0.02

0.81

0.02

Isocitric acid

1.68

0.99

1.38

0.03

0.92

0.06

Methionine sulfoxide

0.39

0.27

0.21

0.01

< 0.01

0.01

Carnosine

1.40

0.93

1.05

0.33

0.82

0.83

 N,N-Dimethylglycine

2.84

2.13

2.52

0.01

0.02

0.04

5-Oxoproline

1.38

1.13

1.25

0.04

0.26

0.27

Creatinine

1.25

0.97

1.15

0.04

0.73

0.10

Phosphocreatine

4.31

1.58

1.43

0.29

0.05

0.44

Urea

0.79

0.65

0.50

0.26

0.02

< 0.01

2-Oxoglutaric acid

1.53

1.46

1.68

0.04

0.14

0.04

Carnitine

1.34

1.15

1.09

0.20

0.50

0.64

Cholic acid

2.14

0.54

2.17

0.48

0.03

0.16

Choline

1.07

0.96

0.85

0.68

0.76

0.31

Glycocholic acid

0.65

4.68

0.59

0.46

0.53

0.41

7-Methylguanine

1.04

0.81

0.93

0.77

0.27

0.47

N6-Acetyllysine

1.39

0.92

1.00

0.01

0.63

0.98

  1. aCO (Control); basal diet only, EC; with EC12 (0.1%, w/w),SC; with SCE (1.0%, w/w), MI (Mix); with EC12 (0.005%, w/w) and SCE (0.25%, w/w)