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 | ||