Table 5.
Mean (95% confidence interval) analyte concentration of cortisol, pig-MAP1, and PGEM2 analyzed for piglets undergoing surgical castration by CO2 laser, scalpel, or sham (n = 10 piglets per treatment group).
| Treatment | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 laser | Scalpel | Sham | Treatment | Time | Treatment × time | |
| Cortisol, ng/mL | ||||||
| Baseline | 447.0 321.1 to 573.0 |
389.9 246.9 to 532.9 |
582.1 271.9 to 892.4 |
0.19 | 0.01 | 0.59 |
| 0.5 hr | 695.2 534.8 to 855.7 |
540.7 380.2 to 701.2 |
588.9 428.4 to 749.3 |
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| Pig-MAP, mg/mL1 | ||||||
| Baseline | 0.97 0.71 to 1.23 |
0.94 0.69 to 1.20 |
0.88 0.62 to 1.14 |
0.73 | 0.62 | 0.92 |
| 0.5 hr | 0.96 0.71 to 1.22 |
0.91 0.65 to 1.16 |
0.87 0.61 to 1.13 |
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| PGEM, pg/mL1 | ||||||
| Baseline | 157.1 114.6 to 199.7 |
153.1 110.5 to 195.7 |
139.7 97.0 to 182.3 |
0.62 | 0.61 | 0.84 |
| 0.5 hr | 157.8 115.2 to 200.3 |
129.8 87.2 to 172.4 |
135.5 92.9 to 178.1 |
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1Pig-MAP, pig-major acute phase protein; PGEM, prostaglandin E metabolite.