Table 4. Immune responses of nursing piglets from sows fed diets supplemented with spray-dried plasma1)
| Item | Dietary treatments | SEM | p-value |
| CON2) | SDP2) |
| Day 3 of lactation | | | | |
| WBC (× 103/μL) | 10.15 | 8.54 | 0.92 | 0.687 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | 270.39 | 262.67 | 40.86 | 0.741 |
| TGF-β1 (pg/mL) | 788.76 | 607.40 | 140.86 | 0.874 |
| CRP (ng/mL) | 72.14 | 78.15 | 16.87 | 0.812 |
| Cortisol (ng/mL) | 0.83 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.345 |
| Day 7 of lactation | | | | |
| WBC (× 103/μL) | 13.15 | 12.98 | 1.30 | 0.465 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | 423.57 | 349.87 | 38.99 | < 0.10 |
| TGF-β1 (pg/mL) | 980.41 | 853.49 | 58.99 | < 0.10 |
| CRP (ng/mL) | 119.42 | 115.18 | 26.95 | 0.586 |
| Cortisol (ng/mL) | 1.05 | 0.62 | 0.15 | < 0.10 |
Values are presented as the least squares mean of 6 replicates.
CON, control sow diet based on corn and soybean meal; SDP, CON + 1% spray-dried plasma.
WBC, white blood cells; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor-β1; CRP, C-reactive protein.