Table 2.

Effects of lactoferrin on serum iron parameters of suckling piglets ¹.

Items	Day 8		Day 21		SEM 2	p-Values
	CON	LF	CON	LF		Diet	Age	Diet × Age
Hemoglobin, g/L	91.01 a	105.12 b	71.65 c	77.22 c	6.89	0.041	<0.001	0.045
Serum Iron, μmol/L	31.49	42.35	28.44	33.54	2.68	0.075	0.169	0.124
TIBC 3, μmol/L	134.98	138.96	123.76	139.27	12.35	0.551	0.451	0.651

^{1. a,b,c} Means within a row with different superscripts are different at p < 0.05. Values are means of 6 replicates per treatment; CON, control; LF, Lactoferrin; ² SEM, standard error of mean. ³ Total iron binding capacity.