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. 2023 Mar 24;10:1126064. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1126064

Table 4.

Blood biomarkers and spleen weight in growth-finishing swine reared under.

Items Groups 1
CON CON0.4 DLSC DLS0.4 SEM 2 P -value
IgG, μg/mL 250.1a 208.7b 211.3b 156.30c 8.330 0.027
Cortisol, μg/dL 7.21a 5.17b 6.01b 4.28c 0.242 0.010
Heterophils (H), % 127.8a 88.17c 93.78b 65.72d 0.892 0.010
Lymphocytes (L), % 27.85a 25.70b 26.03b 21.72c 3.102 0.010
H/L ratio 4.59a 3.43b 3.60b 3.02c 0.009 0.001
Spleen, % BW 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.003 0.001
1

CON (control group with a conventional livestock system without a probiotic mixture), CON0.4 (conventional livestock system with a 0.4% probiotic mixture), DLSC (digital livestock system without a probiotic mixture), and DLS0.4 (digital livestock system with a 0.4% probiotic mixture).

2

Standard error of mean values, n = 10.

a,b,c

Mean values with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.