Table 5. Effects of brine mineral water (BMW) on the complete blood corpuscle count of blood, biochemical analysis, and immune response of the serum in the growing-finishing pigs (0 to 56 days)

Items	Diluted BMW in intake water (%)				SEM	p-value
Items	0	2	3	5	SEM	p-value
Complete blood corpuscle count
RBC (× 10⁶ cell/μL)	6.963^c	7.216^bc	7.593^a	7.296^b	0.085	0.006
HGB (g/dL)	13.033^b	13.872^ab	14.561^a	14.172^a	0.273	0.033
HCT (%)	38.100^b	39.311^ab	41.539^a	38.606^ab	0.859	0.139
MCV (fL)	54.689	54.494	55.183	55.222	0.724	0.899
MCH (pg)	18.767	19.317	19.294	19.322	0.423	0.765
MCHC (g/dL)	34.344	35.417	34.989	35.172	0.511	0.602
WBC (× 10⁶ cell/μL)	16.639	15.206	18.533	13.433	1.359	0.135
PLT (× 10⁶ cell/μL)	195.333	195.333	160.056	100.778	29.048	0.187
Biochemical analysis
GLU (mg/dL)	95.389	96.333	103.527	95.167	2.473	0.181
CHOL (mg/dL)	93.444	85.111	98.833	96.111	4.071	0.196
HDL (mg/dL)	35.333^a	33.667^ab	36.000^a	28.333^b	1.563	0.054
LDL (mg/dL)	38.889	38.167	39.611	38.667	0.898	0.798
TG (mg/dL)	47.667	38.556	46.000	31.667	9.902	0.455
Serum immunoglobulins
IgG (mg/dL)	383.167^b	437.111^a	429.556^a	409.500^ab	8.096	0.017
IgM (mg/dL)	102.889^c	138.778^a	121.778^b	126.722^ab	3.348	0.001

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
RBC, red blood cell; HGB, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBC, white blood cell; PLT, platelet; GLU, glucose; CHOL, total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M.