Responses of Growth Performance and Proinflammatory Cytokines Expression to Fish Oil Supplementation in Lactation Sows’ and/or Weaned Piglets’ Diets

Table 8

The correlation coefficients between ADG and expressions of proinflammatory cytokine genes in longissimus dorsi muscle and spleen.

Item	Longissimus dorsi muscle			Spleen
	IL-1 𝛽^1	IL-6^1	TNF-𝛼^1	IL-1β	IL-6	TNF-α
ADG
Correlation coefficients (r)	−0.7692	−0.3276	−0.3956	−0.7595	−0.3028	−0.2871
P-value	0.001	0.233	0.161	0.001	0.293	0.300

1IL-1β: interleukin 1𝛽, IL-6: interleukin 6, TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-𝛼.