Item | Time | Treatment | |||||||||
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FP Mean | SD | CM Mean | SD | CORN Mean | SD | WHEY Mean | SD | RPS Mean | SD | ||
Blood | |||||||||||
PI values blocking ELISA | TP1 (start) | 31.0B | 12.9 | 30.5B | 16.9 | 25.5B | 13.1 | 29.0B | 14.7 | 32.9B | 14.6 |
TP6 (final) | 53.7A | 10.3 | 50.1A | 10.3 | 57.9A | 4.84 | 57.3A | 3.92 | 58.7A | 7.15 | |
Δ TP1 to TP6† | 22.7 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 23.3 | 32.4 | 14.2 | 28.3 | 16.2 | 25.8 | 17.6 | |
Faeces | |||||||||||
log10 GE L. intracellularis (per g) | TP1 (start) | 2.46AB | 2.64 | 3.58AB | 2.54 | 3.43 | 2.37 | 2.30 | 3.16 | 2.58B | 2.73 |
TP2 (week 1) | 1.08B | 2.32 | 1.54BC | 2.48 | 2.52 | 2.68 | 3.75 | 3.51 | 1.90B | 2.46 | |
TP3 (week 2) | 4.32A | 3.16 | 0.59C | 1.87 | 3.06 | 3.32 | 4.11 | 2.99 | 2.45B | 3.33 | |
TP4 (week 3) | 3.64AB | 3.23 | 5.83A | 2.36 | 5.06 | 3.09 | 5.05 | 3.28 | 7.25A | 1.44 | |
TP5 (week 4) | 4.55A | 3.33 | 4.27A | 3.35 | 4.98 | 3.42 | 3.11 | 3.37 | 5.46A | 3.85 | |
Ø TP2–5 (weeks 1–4) | 3.40 | 3.23 | 3.03 | 3.25 | 3.78 | 3.19 | 3.95 | 3.23 | 4.08 | 3.59 | |
∆ (Ø TP2–5−TP1) | 0.93 | 3.14 | − 0.57 | 3.30 | 0.38 | 2.65 | 1.68 | 3.58 | 1.51 | 3.80 | |
DM content (g/kg) | TP1 (start) | 237 | 78.9 | 247 | 24.7 | 254 | 28.8 | 248 | 84.7 | 240 | 29.1 |
TP2 (week 1) | 273a | 40.9 | 248bc | 10.1 | 266ab | 24.8 | 241c | 19.9 | 238c | 32.1 | |
TP3 (week 2) | 259 | 84.7 | 238 | 18.0 | 257 | 97.7 | 245 | 16.7 | 214 | 18.1 | |
TP4 (week 3) | 274a | 49.2 | 249ab | 24.0 | 246ab | 17.9 | 241ab | 16.8 | 226b | 55.4 | |
TP5 (week 4) | 268a | 27.4 | 245ab | 17.7 | 263a | 24.6 | 245ab | 17.5 | 222b | 25.9 | |
Ø TP2–5 (weeks 1–4) | 269a | 53.0 | 245bc | 17.9 | 258ab | 51.16 | 243bc | 17.2 | 225c | 35.4 | |
Caecal content or rather caecal wall | |||||||||||
log10 GE L. intracellularis (per g) | TP6 | 4.34ab | 3.83 | 5.46a | 3.03 | 5.16ab | 3.63 | 1.57b | 3.32 | 5.82a | 3.51 |
Starch g/kg DM) | TP6 | 41.4b | 7.97 | 164a | 35.4 | 136a | 40.6 | 85.1b | 22.4 | 179a | 110 |
Acetate (mmol/kg FM) | TP6 | 148 | 6.64 | 145 | 8.07 | 131 | 14.4 | 143 | 6.90 | 136 | 27.1 |
Propionate (mmol/kg FM) | TP6 | 50.5 | 3.98 | 53.8 | 5.82 | 51.0 | 3.03 | 49.4 | 2.80 | 48.6 | 9.28 |
Butyrate (mmol/kg FM) | TP6 | 20.3b | 3.32 | 24.8b | 3.83 | 21.2b | 8.38 | 24.4b | 6.09 | 33.7a | 9.53 |
Crypt depth caecum (μm) | TP6 | 482b | 57.5 | 473b | 50.0 | 499b | 106 | 475b | 66.0 | 570a | 189 |