Table 7 The immune function in the serum of primiparous sows at parturition.

Items	CON group	CUR group	GE group	SEM	p-value
n	8	8	8	-	-
IL-6 (mg L⁻¹)	55.23^a	51.44^ab	49.25^b	1.20	0.109
IL-10 (mg L⁻¹)	354.84^b	374.78^b	476.62^a	18.82	0.003
IL-1β (mg L⁻¹)	38.42^a	31.89^b	28.35^b	1.39	0.001
TNF-α (ng L⁻¹)	76.52^c	89.76^b	101.47^a	3.29	< 0.001

CON group: basal diet (0.30 mg·kg⁻¹ Se, sodium selenite); CUR group: basal diet + 0.20 mg·kg⁻¹ Se (nano-Se) + 300 mg·kg⁻¹ CUR; GE group: basal diet + 0.20 mg·kg⁻¹ Se (nano-Se) + 500 mg·kg⁻¹ GE. IL-6, interleukin 6; IL-10, interleukin 10; IL-1β, interleukin 1β; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α.
Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05.

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