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Table 3.

Indicators of natural resistance in piglets

Indicators Piglets
Clinically healthy Sick
Bactericidal (BASK),% 78.8±2.02 76.1±3.26
lysozyme (LASK), Lg/ml 1.56±0.14 2.98±0.45*
complementary (CASK), % heme 8.8±0.37 11.2±0.95*
Total Ig mg/ml 16.7±0.16 12.4±0.009x
circulating immune complexes (CIC), 3.5 µg/ml 0.54±0.03 1.06±0.13**
CIC, 3.0 µg/ml 0.48±0.02 0.8±0.12*
CIC, 4.0 µg/ml 0.29±0.03 1.02±0.12***
CIC C4/C3 0.59±0.047 1.2±0.31 *
(phagocytic neutrophils activity) PHNA, % 89.0±1.13 90.67±0.23
PHI 6.8±0.19 7.3±0.09*
Phagocytic number (PHN) 6.2±0.20 6.8±0.10*
SP, % 36.0±0.73 70.5±2.50***
ST, % 59.0±1.26 82.0±1.41 ***
RI 1.6±0.05 1.2±0.01 ***

Note:

*

P <0.05;

**

P <0.001;

***

P <0.0001 relative to clinically healthy indicators

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