Table 3.
Effects of dietary fiber composition in pregnant sow diets on inflammatory factors in sow and piglet plasma.
| Items 2 | Treatments 1 | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | ||
| Sow plasma | |||||
| IL-2, pg/mL | 479.67 ± 39.03 | 527.00 ± 47.89 | 544.80 ± 34.18 | 458.03 ± 29.60 | 0.423 |
| IL-6, ng/L | 942.65 ± 51.78 b | 919.20 ± 52.88 b | 1152.62 ± 62.17 a | 1128.28 ± 52.20 a | 0.012 |
| IL-10, ng/L | 177.30 ± 10.13 | 191.15 ± 14.68 | 170.81 ± 9.18 | 198.84 ± 14.94 | 0.458 |
| TNF-α, pg/mL | 389.76 ± 34.64 | 435.95 ± 31.29 | 405.95 ± 40.61 | 350.33 ± 20.91 | 0.303 |
| Piglet plasma | |||||
| IL-2, pg/mL | 542.91 ± 38.96 | 581.53 ± 34.17 | 493.44 ± 23.85 | 464.82 ± 18.47 | 0.068 |
| IL-6, ng/L | 968.27 ± 109.26 | 1013.16 ± 96.44 | 1087.09 ± 68.82 | 1030.72 ± 95.86 | 0.827 |
| IL-10, ng/L | 177.49 ± 11.23 | 185.24 ± 13.79 | 190.35 ± 14.62 | 195.09 ± 14.42 | 0.830 |
| TNF-α, pg/mL | 310.51 ± 21.47 a | 392.80 ± 35.92 ab | 485.21 ± 10.60 c | 448.17 ± 32.04 bc | 0.002 |
1 R1, R2, R3, and R4 were diets in which the ratios of insoluble to soluble fiber were 3.89, 5.59, 9.12, and 12.81, respectively. 2 IL-2, interleukin-2; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-10, interleukin-10; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α. Values are mean ± standard error (n = 8 for sows, n = 6 for piglets). a–c Means with different superscripts within a row differ (p < 0.05).