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. 2013 May;91(5):2141–2150. doi: 10.2527/jas.2012-6053

Table 4.

Serum and tissue acute phase protein and cytokine concentrations in pigs divergently selected for high (HRFI) and low (LRFI) residual feed intake

Item HRFI1 LRFI1 SEM P-Value
Serum haptoglobin, mg/mL 0.51 0.23 0.129 0.043
Serum C-reactive protein, ng/mL 266 174 50 0.08
Serum lipopolysaccharide binding protein, ng/mL 7233 9019 1972 0.38
Ileum IL-8, µg/g protein 1.67 1.10 0.271 0.062
Ileum myeloperoxidase activity, mU/mg protein 4.14 2.90 0.586 0.047

1 n = 12 pigs/Line