Table 4.
Reference range intervals in male and female pigs at different production stages for salivary biomarkers
| Salivary biomarker1 | Male pigs | Female pigs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference interval | Confidence interval | N | Reference interval | Confidence interval | N | |
| CRP | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 3.99–14.39 | 3.50–4.59; 10.79–17.13 | 79 | 5.53–29.60 | 5.13–6.13; 20.79–33.79 | 79 |
| Growing | 4.47–16.20 | 3.88–4.81; -13.62–18.24 | 64 | 4.62–15.00 | 3.85–5.10; 2.57–17.02 | 67 |
| Finishing | 4.69–14.56 | 4.46–4.85; 7.82–18.96 | 62 | 6.25–12.97 | 5.84–6.80; 12.24–14.95 | 53 |
| Hp | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 0.28–2.40 | 0.21–0.43; 1.72–2.70 | 79 | 0.31–4.35 | 0.19–0.40; 3.36–5.69 | 79 |
| Growing | 0.20–1.43 | 0.08–0.31; 1.09–1.57 | 59 | 0.20–2.44 | 0.12–0.30; 1.84–2.88 | 67 |
| Finishing | 0.07–2.14 | 0.00–0.08; 1.82–2.78 | 62 | 0.09–2.35 | -0.01–0.11; 1.49–3.17 | 61 |
| ADA | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 1.23–5.39 | 1.14–1.35; 3.38–5.77 | 80 | 1.32–6.26 | 1.07–1.59; 5.10–6.81 | 80 |
| Growing | 1.96–7.92 | 1.30–2.45; 3.31–8.94 | 64 | 1.60–11.60 | 0.36–2.12; 9.94–13.46 | 67 |
| Finishing | 2.81–13.37 | 2.46–3.35; 0.10–16.04 | 62 | 2.20–20.53 | 1.33–2.58; 19.20–24.38 | 62 |
| Cu | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 0.46–3.52 | 0.33–0.61; 3.38–4.18 | 64 | 0.34–4.29 | 0.09–0.42; 3.92–5.02 | 71 |
| Growing | 0.69–2.94 | 0.63–0.82; 2.49–3.56 | 51 | 0.82–4.96 | 0.5–0.9; 4.22–5.59 | 54 |
| Finishing | 0.00–3.32 | -0.19–0.01; 3.11–3.57 | 54 | 0.27–4.70 | 0.12–0.35; 4.28–5.75 | 53 |
| Zn | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 0.93–4.44 | 0.57–1 02; 3.84–5.20 | 76 | 0.77–5.89 | 0 56–0.85; 4.77–7.12 | 80 |
| Growing | 1.01–6.44 | 0.65–1.07; 5.85–8.15 | 64 | 1.35–9.08 | 1.01–1.86; 9.06–11.06 | 65 |
| Finishing | 0.60–4.96 | 0.36–0.71; 1.10–5.83 | 62 | 0.65–6.74 | 0.53–0.93; 4.54–7.23 | 62 |
| TAC | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 3.57–31.59 | 2.39–3.93; 19.11–35.14 | 80 | 3.29–40.75 | 1.17–3.75; 27.18–47.07 | 80 |
| Growing | 6.83–51.87 | 5.26–8.45; 6.49–58.33 | 64 | 13.50–102.94 | 11.90–18.00; 99.36–133.69 | 67 |
| Finishing | 4.02–47.36 | 1.67–5.48; 9.86–54.00 | 62 | 8.83–85.30 | 6.83–11.56; 67.10–108.17 | 62 |
| TOS | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 3.94–15.57 | 3.26–4.46; 13.63–17.84 | 77 | 2.79–21.17 | 1.61–3.62; 10 01–26.21 | 79 |
| Growing | 5.02–62.49 | 2.38–7.21; 51.37–73.97 | 64 | 8.39–70.01 | 7.02–10.69; 55.31–84.51 | 67 |
| Finishing | 3.88–61.68 | 2.45–5.72; 43.82–78.64 | 62 | 3.43–102.52 | 1.04–4.13; 72.30–139.37 | 62 |
| Cortisol | ||||||
| Post-weaning | 0.01–0.17 | 0.01–0.02; 0.16–0.20 | 75 | 0.01–0.15 | 0.00–0.02; 0.14–0.18 | 73 |
| Growing | 0.03–0.21 | 0.01–0.03; 0.17–0.27 | 62 | 0.07–0.37 | 0.06–0.11; 0.33–0.45 | 65 |
| Finishing | 0.01–0.28 | -0.00–0.02; 0.23–0.31 | 58 | 0.01–0.37 | -0.01–0.01; 0.26–0.45 | 61 |
| 1CRP (ng/mL); Hp (𝛍g/mL); ADA (U/mL); Cu (𝛍g/mL); Zn (𝛍g/mL); TAC (µM Trolox equivalents/L); TOS (µM Peroxidase equivalents/L); Cortisol (𝛍g/dL). | ||||||