Table 9.

Effect of replacing soybean meal with fermented corn germ meal (FCGM) in the diets on serum parameters of growing pigs.

Item	Dietary treatments1				SEM2	P-value
	FCGM0	FCGM10	FCGM20	FCGM30		Linear	Quadratic
IgA, g/L	0.90	1.11	1.04	0.91	0.08	0.92	0.16
IgG, g/L	8.41	9.26	9.12	8.28	0.37	0.74	0.04
IgM, g/L	0.74	0.80	0.76	0.94	0.05	0.03	0.24
UN, mmol/L	3.28	2.84	2.14	2.79	0.23	0.06	0.04
TC, mmol/L	2.34	2.18	2.46	2.23	0.09	0.90	0.70
TG, mmol/L	0.39	0.43	0.52	0.47	0.04	0.13	0.32

IgA = immunoglobulin A; IgG = immunoglobulin G; IgM = immunoglobulin M; UN = urea nitrogen; TC = total cholesterol; TG = total triglycerides.

¹FCGM0, FCGM10, FCGM20 and FCGM30 diets were made by substituting fermented corn germ meal for 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% soybean meal.

²SEM stands for the standard error of the mean (n = 6).