Table 1 Changes of the relative concentrations of serum protein fractions (%) and albumin/globulin ratios (A/G) in piglets during the evaluated period (mean ± SD).

From: Serum protein electrophoretic pattern in piglets during the early postnatal period

Parameters

Blood sampling—age of piglets

P value

0

2d

1w

2w

4w

6w

Albumin

x

16.74a

16.12a

30.99b

49.67c

58.53d

55.74d

< 0.001

± SD

3.06

3.06

5.23

7.12

3.39

4.59

α1-Globulins

x

68.04a

24.67b

26.52c

21.34d

20.28d

21.85d

< 0.001

± SD

4.24

3.51

3.76

2.65

1.85

1.85

α2-Globulins

x

4.32a

5.54b

6.50c

5.99b,c

6.09b,c

5.42b,d

< 0.001

 ± SD

1.02

1.31

1.15

1.08

1.30

1.17

β-Globulins

x

8.48a

17.57b

15.26b

11.42c

9.53a

11.23c

< 0.001

± SD

1.62

3.80

4.33

2.14

1.52

1.31

γ-Globulins

x

2.42a

36.11b

20.53b

11.38c

5.56d

5.63d

< 0.001

± SD

1.07

6.12

5.93

4.25

1.33

1.47

A/G

x

0.20a

0.19a

0.46b

1.03c

1.43d

1.28d

< 0.001

± SD

0.05

0.04

0.11

0.26

0.19

0.24

  1. 0 after birth, d days, w weeks, P value results of the analysis of variance (Friedman test); a,b,c,dDifferent superscripts indicate the significance of the differences in means (P < 0.05).