Dietary Supplementation of Astragalus Polysaccharides Enhanced Immune Components and Growth Factors EGF and IGF-1 in Sow Colostrum

Figure 2

Effects of supplemental dietary APS on concentrations of growth factor EGF (a) and IGF-I (b) in sow colostrum or milk. Growth factors were measured by ELISA assay. Values are expressed as mean with SD ( for each group). values from two-way ANOVA analysis with Duncan’s multiple-range test. Values differ significantly between groups at the same indicated time point ().

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