Lawsonia intracellularis infected enterocytes lack sucrase-isomaltase which contributes to reduced pig digestive capacity

Table 4 Apparent ileal, cecal, and total tract digestibility coefficients of dry matter (DM), nitrogen (N), organic matter (OM), and energy (GE) in non-infected pigs (NC), Lawsonia intracellularis inoculated pigs (PC), and vaccinated Lawsonia intracellularis inoculated pigs (VAC)

Treatment
	NC	PC	VAC	SEM	P value
Apparent ileal digestibility
DM	53.4	43.9	56.7	10.51	0.659
N	68.9	17.3	59.1	24.59	0.282
OM	56.4	48.2	60.2	9.86	0.664
GE	54.9	42.4	59.3	11.70	0.553
Apparent cecal digestibility
DM	72.3^a	59.9^b	69.0^a	1.66	< 0.001
N	72.4^a	62.9^b	65.9^b	1.39	< 0.001
OM	74.5^a	62.6^b	70.7^a	1.63	< 0.001
GE	72.6^a	60.4^b	68.7^a	1.67	< 0.001
Apparent total tract digestibility
DM	83.4^a	80.2^b	81.5^ab	0.54	0.003
N	80.3^a	73.9^b	76.3^b	1.07	0.001
OM	84.9^a	82.3^b	83.6^ab	0.52	0.006
GE	82.4^a	79.3^b	80.8^ab	0.58	0.002

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