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Table 4 Immunoglobulin G (IgG) serum concentration in pigs during lactation, nursery, and growing-finishing phases, mg/mL1

From: Influence of sows’ parity on performance and humoral immune response of the offspring

Gestation

Multiparous (MP)

Primiparous (PP)

SEM2

P-value

Lactation

MP

PP

MP

PP

(n = 15)

Gestation

Lactation

Interaction

d of age

 14

33.4

34.4

29.8

40.8

7.15

0.847

0.406

0.487

 28

23.7

18.9

37.0

16.4

4.98

0.282

0.013

0.119

 40

23.0

7.7

8.6

7.0

4.25

0.084

0.052

0.113

 60

5.0

6.9

3.4

6.6

0.95

0.300

0.010

0.495

 90

21.1

26.6

17.3

20.4

3.68

0.175

0.242

0.736

 116

19.5

13.9

30.8

30.9

3.68

0.001

0.451

0.445

 144

34.8

36.4

49.0

43.5

6.24

0.088

0.751

0.564

  1. 1Gestation indicates the type of sow piglets were born from and lactation indicates the type of sow which suckled the piglets, defined as multiparous sows (from 3 to 5 parities) and primiparous sows
  2. 2SEM: standard error of the mean