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Item	Water source¹	SE	P-value
No. of observations	24	24	24	–	–
GM-CSF²	1,605	1,748	1,566	–	1.000
IFNy³	89,783	88,097	120,401	4,867	0.960
IL-1α⁴	700	682	693	24	0.860
IL-1β⁵	3,758	3,544	3,587	145	0.538
IL-1ra⁶	7,201	7,059	6,383	329	0.223
IL-2	11,234	10,497	10,648	419	0.431
IL-4	118,032	115,685	120,401	8,464	0.931
IL-6	4,049	3,684	3,884	215	0.480
IL-8	523	535	445	31	0.101
IL-10	20,102	19,415	19,776	3,049	0.899
IL-12	3,246	3,353	3,442	117	0.845
IL-18	32,194	31,394	32,215	1,318	0.891
TNF⁷	1,248	1,261	1,050	89	0.195

Item	Water source¹	SE	P-value
No. of observations	24	24	24	–	–
GM-CSF²	1,605	1,748	1,566	–	1.000
IFNy³	89,783	88,097	120,401	4,867	0.960
IL-1α⁴	700	682	693	24	0.860
IL-1β⁵	3,758	3,544	3,587	145	0.538
IL-1ra⁶	7,201	7,059	6,383	329	0.223
IL-2	11,234	10,497	10,648	419	0.431
IL-4	118,032	115,685	120,401	8,464	0.931
IL-6	4,049	3,684	3,884	215	0.480
IL-8	523	535	445	31	0.101
IL-10	20,102	19,415	19,776	3,049	0.899
IL-12	3,246	3,353	3,442	117	0.845
IL-18	32,194	31,394	32,215	1,318	0.891
TNF⁷	1,248	1,261	1,050	89	0.195

Table 7.

Effect of differing water qualities on plasma cytokine concentrations (pg/mL) of nursery pigs (day 8 of experiment)

Item	Water source¹			SE	P-value
Item	A	B	C	SE	P-value
No. of observations	24	24	24	–	–
GM-CSF²	1,605	1,748	1,566	–	1.000
IFNy³	89,783	88,097	120,401	4,867	0.960
IL-1α⁴	700	682	693	24	0.860
IL-1β⁵	3,758	3,544	3,587	145	0.538
IL-1ra⁶	7,201	7,059	6,383	329	0.223
IL-2	11,234	10,497	10,648	419	0.431
IL-4	118,032	115,685	120,401	8,464	0.931
IL-6	4,049	3,684	3,884	215	0.480
IL-8	523	535	445	31	0.101
IL-10	20,102	19,415	19,776	3,049	0.899
IL-12	3,246	3,353	3,442	117	0.845
IL-18	32,194	31,394	32,215	1,318	0.891
TNF⁷	1,248	1,261	1,050	89	0.195

Item	Water source¹			SE	P-value
Item	A	B	C	SE	P-value
No. of observations	24	24	24	–	–
GM-CSF²	1,605	1,748	1,566	–	1.000
IFNy³	89,783	88,097	120,401	4,867	0.960
IL-1α⁴	700	682	693	24	0.860
IL-1β⁵	3,758	3,544	3,587	145	0.538
IL-1ra⁶	7,201	7,059	6,383	329	0.223
IL-2	11,234	10,497	10,648	419	0.431
IL-4	118,032	115,685	120,401	8,464	0.931
IL-6	4,049	3,684	3,884	215	0.480
IL-8	523	535	445	31	0.101
IL-10	20,102	19,415	19,776	3,049	0.899
IL-12	3,246	3,353	3,442	117	0.845
IL-18	32,194	31,394	32,215	1,318	0.891
TNF⁷	1,248	1,261	1,050	89	0.195

A (1,410 ppm hardness [CaCO₃ equivalent], 1,120 ppm sulfate, 1,500 ppm TDS); B (909 ppm hardness [CaCO₃ equivalent], 617 ppm sulfate, 1,050 ppm TDS); C (235 ppm hardness [CaCO₃ equivalent], 2 ppm sulfate, 348 ppm TDS).

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

Interferon-gamma.

Interleukin (IL)-1 alpha.

IL-1 beta.

IL-1 receptor antagonist.

Tumor necrosis factor.

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