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Table 6 Correlations between immune traits and average daily gain for SPF and non-SPF pigs1, 2

From: Traits associated with innate and adaptive immunity in pigs: heritability and associations with performance under different health status conditions

Farm

SPF

  

Non-SPF

  

Trait

rg

rp

re

rg

rp

re

WBC

-0.06 (0.24)

-0.03 (0.05)

-0.02 (0.12)

-0.69 (0.36)

-0.10 (0.05)

-0.32 (0.10)

MNL%

-0.56 (0.44)

0.09 (0.07)

0.35 (0.16)

-0.32 (0.37)

0.16 (0.06)

-0.11 (0.12)

PMNL%

0.75 (0.40)

-0.07 (0.07)

-0.40 (0.16)

-0.50 (0.34)

-0.17 (0.06)

-0.04 (0.13)

PBML subsets:

      

   CD4+

-0.15 (0.16)

-0.05 (0.05)

0.13 (0.23)

-0.10 (0.33)

-0.02 (0.06)

-0.03 (0.16)

   CD8α+

-0.35 (0.20)

-0.09 (0.05)

0.10 (0.13)

-0.08 (0.36)

-0.01 (0.07)

-0.06 (0.18)

   CD8αβ+

0.01 (0.25)

-0.03 (0.06)

-0.05 (0.18)

-0.31 (0.42)

0.04 (0.08)

-0.07 (0.15)

   CD11R1+ total

-0.08 (0.20)

-0.14 (0.05)

-0.19 (0.13)

-0.68 (0.29)

-0.16 (0.06)

-0.05 (0.12)

CD11R1+ CD8+

-0.25 (0.19)

-0.11 (0.05)

0.01 (0.14)

-0.44 (0.40)

-0.05 (0.07)

-0.10 (0.14)

CD11R1+ CD8-

0.20 (0.21)

-0.07 (0.05)

-0.27 (0.13)

-0.34 (0.39)

-0.18 (0.07)

-0.12 (0.13)

   γδ+ T cell

0.13 (0.19)

0.17 (0.05)

0.22 (0.13)

-0.24 (0.39)

0.15 (0.06)

-0.28 (0.11)

   B cell

-0.01 (0.22)

-0.03 (0.05)

-0.06 (0.13)

-0.33 (0.53)

-0.05 (0.06)

-0.12 (0.10)

   monocytes

-0.46 (0.23)

-0.17 (0.05)

-0.01 (0.12)

-0.27 (0.39)

-0.02 (0.06)

-0.11 (0.11)

   CD14+

-0.33 (0.68)

-0.18 (0.06)

-0.18 (0.13)

-0.44 (0.38)

-0.07 (0.07)

-0.37 (0.19)

   CD16+

-0.38 (0.33)

-0.19 (0.07)

-0.09 (0.17)

-3

-3

-3

APP, μg/ml:

      

   haptoglobin

-0.18 (0.34)

-0.27 (0.06)

-0.33 (0.17)

-0.13 (0.46)

-0.30 (0.05)

-0.34 (0.09)

   TTR,

-0.33 (0.47)

-0.16 (0.05)

0.26 (0.16)

-0.80 (0.43)

-0.09 (0.07)

-0.12 (0.14)

   CRP

-0.12 (0.41)

-0.10 (0.07)

-0.09 (0.16)

-0.22 (0.54)

-0.05 (0.06)

-0.01 (0.11)

   AGP

-0.53 (0.20)

-0.49 (0.05)

-0.46 (0.15)

-0.72 (0.22)

-0.48 (0.04)

-0.42 (0.10)

  1. 1Correlations significantly different from zero are shown in bold. 2 White blood cells expressed as no. cells × 106/mL, PBML sub-sets expressed as proportion of mononuclear leucocytes and antigen density expressed as the number of antibody binding sites per cell (see Materials and Methods). 3 Did not converge.