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. 2023 Jun 30;14:235–248. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.06.007

Table 5.

Oxidative stress and immune parameters of nursery pigs fed diets with SPC replacing all animal protein supplements, fish meal, poultry meal, and blood plasma.

Item NC1 PC1 RFM1 RPM1 RBP1 SEM P-value
NC vs. PC NC vs. RFM NC vs. RPM NC vs. RBP
Jejunal mucosa
 TNF-α,2 pg/mg of protein 0.32 0.30 0.42 0.34 0.37 0.06 0.788 0.240 0.835 0.526
 IL-8,3 pg/mg of protein 339 339 335 313 343 39 0.993 0.929 0.589 0.938
 IgA,4 μg/mg of protein 3.48 5.54 5.54 2.99 4.66 0.90 0.126 0.096 0.678 0.325
 IgG,5 μg/mg of protein 2.62 2.52 3.51 2.36 3.21 0.52 0.897 0.209 0.700 0.391
 MDA, nmol/mg of protein 0.86 0.83 0.74 0.91 0.68 0.11 0.810 0.397 0.746 0.219
 Protein carbonyl, nmol/mg of protein 1.28 1.14 1.68 1.26 1.57 0.41 0.654 0.160 0.942 0.271

SPC = soy protein concentrate.

1

NC, PC, RFM, RPM, and RBP: basal diet without SPC (X-Soy 200, Selecta, MG, Brazil); basal diet with SPC replacing all animal protein supplements; basal diet with SPC replacing fish meal; basal diet with SPC replacing poultry meal; basal diet with SPC replacing blood plasma.

2

TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha.

3

IL-8, interleukin 8.

4

IgA, immunoglobulin A.

5

IgG, immunoglobulin G.