Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula Guizhi Li-Zhong Tang as an Alternative to Antibiotic Feed Additives for Preventing Pneumonia in Piglets through Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antiapoptotic Protection

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GLZ treatment reduced expression of apoptosis-related caspase-3 in the lung tissue of weanling piglets. (a) Representative IHC stains of caspase-3 expression among piglets at 10 weeks of age after sham, 0.2% TAB, and 0.2% GLZ treatments. Caspase-3 expression is indicated by dark brown. Scale bars are 30 μm for large images and 150 μm for small images. (b) Western blot for caspase-3 expression in the lung tissue of piglets at 10 weeks of age after each treatment (n = 3 for each group). Values are mean ± standard error of the mean (, one-way analysis of variance followed by Student–Newman–Keuls multiple-comparison posttest).

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