Table 10.
Effects of dietary spray-dried plasma protein (SDPP) on immunoglobulin G concentration and complete blood count traits on day 14 in weaning pigs (Exp. 2)1
| Item | Diet2 | SEM | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish meal | SDPP 1 | SDPP 2 | |||
| Immunoglobulin G, g/L | 8.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 0.385 |
| White blood cell, 109/L | 29.9 | 28.3 | 25.9 | 2.6 | 0.588 |
| Red blood cell (RBC), 1012/L | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.896 |
| Hemoglobin, g/dL | 8.2 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 0.407 |
| Hematocrit, % | 21.1 | 32.6 | 20.2 | 4.8 | 0.211 |
| Mean corpuscular volume, fL | −7.6 | −3.4 | −19.8 | 12.8 | 0.666 |
| RBC distribution width, % | 25.5 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 1.4 | 0.967 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), pg | −13.2 | −7.3 | −8.7 | 2.2 | 0.222 |
| MCH concentration, g/dL | 33.1 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 0.7 | 0.912 |
| Platelet (PLT), 109/L | 593.8 | 585.8 | 539.3 | 52.7 | 0.743 |
| Mean PLT volume, fL | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 0.979 |
| PLT percentage, % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.682 |
| PLT distribution width concentration, % | 38.2 | 38.5 | 37.9 | 0.7 | 0.828 |
| Lymphocyte, 109/L | 21.8 | 21.4 | 16.0 | 2.2 | 0.196 |
| Monocyte, 109/L | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.192 |
| Granulocyte, 109/L | 5.4 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 0.795 |
1All pigs in trial 1 were bled and data are least squares means of 4 observations for all treatments.
2Fish meal was sourced from Vedde Herring Oil Factory (Egersund, Norway); SDPP 1 was sourced from APC Inc. (Ankeny, IA); and SDPP 2 was sourced from NongHyup Feed Inc., LTD. (Seoul, Korea).