At the day of the challenge,
blood AMS in the garlic-fed group amounted to 0.32 0.13 mM. A beneficial, alleviating
effect of garlic on the course and severity of an A. pleuropneumoniae infection in pigs was
indicated by the reduced occurrence of characteristic pleuropneumonia lesions (27% of the
lungs affected in the garlic-fed group vs. 47% in the control group) and a near to significant
(p = 0.06) lower relative lung weight post mortem in the garlic-fed group.