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Table 3 Effect of surgical castration on PigMAPa serum concentration (mg/ml) at three different study days

From: Surgical castration with pain relief affects the health and productive performance of pigs in the suckling period

Item

Intact Males

Castrated Males

SEM b

P value

Day 0

0.903

0.841

0.032

0.167

Day 1

0.847

0.944

0.030

0.025

Day 10

0.990

0.902

0.073

0.392

  1. aPig major acute phase protein
  2. bStandard Error of Mean
  3. Day 0 = sampling before castration, day 1 = 1 day after castration, and day 10 = 10 days after castration in castrated males. In intact male piglets, the days correspond to the intervention in their litter mates
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Porcine Health Management

ISSN: 2055-5660

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