Comparative analysis of whole blood transcriptomics between European and local Caribbean pigs in response to feed restriction in a tropical climate

Table 2 Effect of treatment and period on thermoregulatory parameters

Item	Normal Feeding	Restricted Feeding	RSD¹	Significant effect²
Number of pigs	17	27
Rectal Temperature, °C
P1	39.6^a	39.5^a	0.2	R*, P, PxT*
P2	39.4^a	39.1^b
P3	38.7^c	39.0^b
Skin Temperature, °C
P1	36.6^a	36.5^a	1.0	R, B, T, P**, PxT
P2	35.7^b	34.6^c
P3	36.3^a,b	36.3^a,b

^a−c Within a period, means with a different superscript letter differ, P < 0.05
¹Residual Standard Deviation
²From an analysis of variance with a linear mixed model including the effects of Treatment (T), Breed (B), Period (P), Replicate (R), and their interactions as fixed effect. Statistical significance: ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, †P ≤ 0.10

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