| Effects of Chinese traditional herbal medicine complex supplementation on the growth performance, immunity and serum traits of pigs. | |
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PMID: 22111630 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine complex supplementation on the growth performance, immunity and serological traits of pigs, and the feasibility of its use as a substitute for antibiotics. Thirty-six weaned pigs LYD with average initial body weight of 10 ± 0.55 kg were randomly divided into three treatments with three replicates. These constituted the control, the antibiotics group (chlortetracycline 100 µg/kg, oxytetracycline 100 µg/kg), and 0.3% Chinese herbal medicine complex group (CHM). Experiment results indicated that the CHM group exhibited significantly increased average feed intake and peripheral blood CD3(+) CD8(+) T cell percentage as compared with those of the antibiotics group (P < 0.05). High-density lipoprotein (HDL) level was greater while low-density lipoprotein + very low-density lipoprotein (LDL + VLDL) level was lower in the CHM group than the control group (P < 0.05). The in vitro results indicated that peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) stimulated by Con-A produced a greater interleukin (IL)-6 level in the CHM group and IL-6 level stimulated by lipopolysaccharide was greater than the antibiotics groups (P < 0.05). Above all, this study has indicated that the addition of Chinese traditional herbal complex to pigs' diets has beneficial results. |
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Hui Shuang Yeh; Bor Chun Weng; Tu Fa Lien |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-07-13 |
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Title: Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaihō Volume: 82 ISSN: 1740-0929 ISO Abbreviation: Anim. Sci. J. Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-11-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100956805 Medline TA: Anim Sci J Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 747-52 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2011 The Authors. Animal Science Journal © 2011 Japanese Society of Animal Science. |
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Departments of Animal Science Microbiology and Immunology, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan. |
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