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. 2023 Mar 16;102(6):102660. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102660

Table 6.

Effects of dietary yeast cell wall on immune responses of broiler chickens.1

Item2 CON YCW SEM P value
Cortisol, ng/mL 35.71 32.89 4.11 0.638
TNF-α, pg/mL 129.64 112.96 3.44 0.006
TGF-β1, pg/mL 28.21 41.35 2.78 0.007
IL-1β, pg/mL 59.61 36.02 4.77 0.006
IL-6, pg/mL 134.78 128.38 2.09 0.056
1

Each value is the mean value of 6 replicates (1 broiler/pen).

2

CON, a basal diet based on corn-soybean meal; YCW, CON + 0.05% dietary yeast cell wall; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor-β1; IL-1β, interleukin-1β; IL-6, interleukin-6.