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Table 4 Effect of organic acids on serum immune indices of broilers with and without coccidial challenge

From: Effect of organic acids on growth performance, intestinal morphology, and immunity of broiler chickens with and without coccidial challenge

Treatments¹	C.C²	Mearsurements³
Treatments¹	C.C²	TNF-α		IFN-γ		IL-2		IL-10		IgM		IgG		IgA
		18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d
		pg /ml								µg/ml
CON	−	65.8	55.3	68.0	59.0	297.1	231.1	55.7^b	55.8	841.4	837.8	2687.8^b	2565.6	1735.9	1795.8
OAW	−	61.1	50.0	77.2	61.2	289.6	214.8	59.4^b	48.7	790.4	782.6	2534.9^b	2148.3	1725.5	1611.8
OAF	−	58.7	65.4	71.7	67.0	259.0	243.0	77.4^a	50.6	740.5	873.7	2010.6^b	2254.3	1575.7	1832.3
CONC	+	83.1	63.0	61.5	62.2	352.7	272.6	58.6^b	52.0	1070.7	1081.6	2708.6^b	2621.2	2222.4	2393.7
OAWC	+	71.7	53.5	68.9	57.4	272.7	270.8	50.0^b	49.4	812.9	971.3	2659.7^b	2357.2	2093.0	2186.9
OAFC	+	77.6	54.2	54.3	76.7	417.2	252.6	37.5^c	56.9	1595.6	955.5	3985.1^a	2141.4	2468.8	1963.1
SEM		10.4	4.77	4.83	3.94	53.20	21.90	3.89	4.13	202.8	68.2	409.7	220.8	298.1	194.7
Main effect means
CON		74.4	59.2	64.8	60.6^b	324.9	251.9	57.1	53.9	956.0	959.7	2698.2	2593.4	1979.1	2094.7
OAW		66.4	51.7	73.1	59.3^b	281.2	242.8	54.7	49.0	801.6	876.9	2597.3	2252.7	1909.2	1899.3
OAF		68.1	59.8	63.0	71.9^a	338.1	247.8	57.4	53.8	1168.0	914.6	2997.8	2197.9	2022.2	1897.7
C.C	−	61.9	56.9	72.3^a	62.4	281.9	229.6	64.2^a	51.7	790.7^b	831.3^b	2411.1^b	2322.7	1679.0^b	1746.6^b
C.C	+	77.4	56.9	61.6^b	65.4	347.5	265.3	48.7^b	52.8	1159.7^a	1002.8^a	3117.8^a	2373.3	2261.4^a	2181.2^a
P-value	Diet	0.722	0.188	0.101	0.006	0.54	0.917	0.794	0.418	0.21	0.487	0.602	0.17	0.93	0.516
	C.C	0.076	0.992	0.011	0.352	0.141	0.055	< 0.0001	0.755	0.034	0.004	0.043	0.781	0.023	0.01
	Diet × C.C	0.915	0.13	0.483	0.25	0.269	0.562	< 0.0001	0.48	0.119	0.49	0.039	0.769	0.769	0.412

¹CON Control diet, OAW Organic acid in water, OAF Organic acid in feed, CONC Control diet with Coccidial challenge, OAWC Organic acid in water with Coccidial challenge, OAFC Organic acid in feed with Coccidial challenge
²C.C = Coccidial Challenge
³Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α); Tumor necrosis factor-gamma (TNF-γ); Interleukin-2 (IL-2); Interleukin-10 (IL-10); Immunoglobulin M (IgM); Immunoglobulin G (IgG); and Immunoglobulin A (IgA)
^a−cMean within each column with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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