Table 1 Effects of iron treatment during gestation on hematologic variables of sows
Baseline | Post-treatment | Change (post-treatment-baseline) | P-value | Post-farrowing | Change (post-farrowing-baseline) | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FeC | FeT | FeC | FeT | FeC | FeT | FeC | FeT | FeC | FeT | |||
HbC, g/L | 103.81 (7.14) | 103.65 (7.31) | 100.90 (7.46) | 101.17 (6.70) | − 2.99 | − 2.48 | 0.79 | 100.96 (7.94) | 101.46 (6.84) | − 2.95 | − 1.93 | 0.59 |
RBC count, 1012/L | 5.30 (0.41) | 5.33 (0.43) | 5.38 (0.40) | 5.47 (0.49) | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.58 | 4.85 (0.40) | 4.88 (0.39) | − 0.45 | − 0.43 | 0.82 |
HCT, L/L | 0.34 (0.02) | 0.34 (0.02) | 0.35 (0.02) | 0.35 (0.02) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.70 | 0.31 (0.02) | 0.31 (0.02) | − 0.02 | − 0.02 | 0.73 |
MCV, fL | 64.71 (2.45) | 64.35 (2.64) | 65.75 (2.60) | 65.23 (3.04) | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 65.00 (2.29) | 64.68 (2.92) | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.87 |
MCH, fmol | 1.21 (0.05) | 1.20 (0.05) | 1.16 (0.04) | 1.15 (0.05) | − 0.05 | − 0.05 | 0.68 | 1.29 (0.05) | 1.29 (0.06) | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.76 |
MCHC, mmol/L | 18.77 (0.39) | 18.77 (0.43) | 17.67 (0.43) | 17.63 (0.36) | − 1.10 | − 1.13 | 0.69 | 19.91 (0.48) | 19.94 (0.55) | 1.14 | 1.16 | 0.90 |
RDW, % | 15.67 (0.69) | 18.85 (0.92) | 17.13 (0.64) | 17.41(1.18) | 1.48 | 1.55 | 0.21 | 16.01 (0.67) | 16.15 (1.14) | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.88 |
HDW, mmol/L | 0.98 (0.07) | 1.01 (0.14) | 1.03 (0.05) | 1.08 (0.17) | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.28 | 1.09 (0.06) | 1.11 (0.16) | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.51 |