. 2018 Mar 12;14:83. doi: 10.1186/s12917-018-1382-7

Table 2.

Least-squares means (LSMEANS) and standard deviation (SD) for white blood cell counts (WBC), neutrophil counts, lymphocyte counts, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6), serum amyloid A (SAA), C-reactive protein (CRP), haptoglobin (Hp), iron (Fe) and albumin (ALB) in 38 sows with postpartum dysgalactia syndrome (PDS+) and 38 healthy sows (PDS-)

			A. (-60 to -36 h)		B. (-36 to -24 h)		C. (-24 to -12 h)		D. (-12 to 0 h)		E. (0 to 12 h)		F. (12 to 24 h)		G. (24 to 36 h)
Parameter	Group	n	LSMEANS	±SD	LSMEANS	±SD	LSMEANS	±SD	LSMEANS	±SD	LSMEANS	±SD	LSMEANS	±SD	LSMEANS	±SD
White blood cells	PDS+	110	11.46	0.69	11.29	0.58	12.62	1.04	12.14	0.58	15.45	1.04	8.74^****	0.66	6.15	1.45
White blood cells	PDS-	126	10.77	0.58	11.22	0.57	11.68	0.97	11.09	0.55	13.94	1.16	12.20^****	0.60	9.24	1.18
Neutrophils	PDS+	110	6.35	0.59	6.36	0.49	7.93	0.90	8.34	0.49	11.53	0.89	5.22^**	0.56	3.35	1.25
Neutrophils	PDS-	126	5.57	0.49	6.39	0.49	6.43	0.83	7.09	0.48	8.9	1.00	7.46^**	0.51	4.35	1.01
Lymphocytes	PDS+	110	3.96	1.07	3.81	1.05	3.69	1.10	2.74^*	1.05	2.43	1.10	2.22^****	1.06	1.90^*	1.14
Lymphocytes	PDS-	126	3.95	1.05	3.75	1.05	3.83	1.01	3.20^*	1.05	3.23	1.12	3.30^****	1.06	2.69^*	1.12
Tumor necrosis factor-α	PDS+	121	30.04	1.15	31.81	1.13	32.27	1.21	31.02	1.13	34.35	1.21	130.43^****	1.14	130.36^*	1.26
Tumor necrosis factor-α	PDS-	119	31.53	1.15	32.80	1.13	29.87	1.20	31.71	1.13	34.23	1.22	55.21^****	1.14	58.99^*	1.25
Interleukin 6	PDS+	121	19.10	1.13	22.28	1.11	19.94	1.20	24.61	3.03	24.76	1.20	39.20^***	1.13	39.54	1.25
Interleukin 6	PDS-	119	20.50	1.13	22.23	1.12	21.15	1.20	22.81	1.11	20.70	1.22	22.06^***	1.12	21.47	1.24
Serum amyloid A	PDS+	120	15.01	1.27	12.81	1.22	13.33	1.42	14.84	1.23	54.20	1.42	187.41	1.26	234.58	1.53
Serum amyloid A	PDS-	122	18.45	1.26	20.63	1.24	19.81	1.41	21.36	1.23	69.06	1.46	145.13	1.24	292.72	1.52
C-reactive protein	PDS+	122	10.03	1.18	8.71	1.13	13.72	1.26	14.86	1.16	24.60	1.26	56.30	1.17	71.52	1.32
C-reactive protein	PDS-	122	9.23	1.18	11.80	1.16	11.05	1.25	14.65	1.16	29.14	1.27	48.52	1.17	53.02	1.31
Haptoglobin	PDS+	122	2.24	0.08	2.26	0.08	2.35	0.10	2.30	0.08	2.31	0.10	2.73^*	0.08	2.92^*	0.12
Haptoglobin	PDS-	122	2.11	0.08	2.15	0.08	2.16	0.10	2.15	0.08	2.23	0.10	2.46^*	0.08	2.56^*	0.11
Iron	PDS+	122	24.36	1.51	23.40	1.23	22.16	2.23	18.30	1.27	16.75	2.22	20.86	1.38	17.97^*	2.73
Iron	PDS-	125	23.30	1.44	21.22	1.30	23.42	2.20	21.12	1.25	21.28	2.32	24.08	1.30	26.40^*	2.68
Albumin	PDS+	122	37.31	1.09	37.38	0.90	37.82	1.60	37.74	0.93	38.38	1.59	41.99	1.00	40.15	1.95
Albumin	PDS-	125	36.67	1.04	38.52	0.94	37.17	1.57	39.73	0.91	37.79	1.66	39.88	0.95	42.83	1.91
Total protein	PDS+	122	72.29	1.03	71.20	1.02	72.76	1.04	70.74	1.02	70.73	1.04	76.14	1.03	76.50	1.05
Total protein	PDS-	125	69.30	1.03	72.54	1.02	68.87	1.04	73.29	1.02	68.92	1.04	72.93	1.02	77.71	1.05
Hemoglobin	PDS+	110	6.51	0.12	6.32	0.10	6.31	0.17	6.31	0.10	6.02	0.17	6.41	0.11	6.50	0.23
Hemoglobin	PDS-	126	6.44	0.10	6.34	0.10	6.38	0.16	6.29	0.10	6.46	0.18	6.22	0.10	6.39	0.19
Hematocrit	PDS+	110	0.35	0.01	0.34	0.01	0.34	0.01	0.34	0.01	0.32	0.01	0.34	0.01	0.34	0.01
Hematocrit	PDS-	126	0.34	0.01	0.34	0.01	0.35	0.01	0.33	0.01	0.35	0.01	0.33	0.01	0.34	0.01

Asterisk symbols indicating significant differences between PDS+ and PDS- sows: ^**** p<0.0001, ^*** p< 0.001, ^** p<0.01, ^* p<0.05