Table 6.
Effects of different dietary levels of energy on blood plasma cytokines and immunoglobulin of growing yaks.
| Item | Treatments | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEG | MEG | HEG | ||
| IL-2, ng/L | 58.13 ± 4.591b | 61.34 ± 3.656b | 77.28 ± 1.301a | 0.002 |
| IL-4, ng/L | 73.16 ± 1.580 | 72.41 ± 2.240 | 71.04 ± 0.443 | 0.644 |
| IL-6, ng/L | 90.14 ± 3.408 | 91.98 ± 2.996 | 92.61 ± 1.066 | 0.798 |
| IL-10, ng/L | 90.14 ± 4.302 | 91.98 ± 5.830 | 92.62 ± 1.649 | 0.224 |
| IFN-γ, ng/L | 110.55 ± 4.174 | 109.64 ± 5.456 | 119.18 ± 2.001 | 0.221 |
| TNF-α, ng/L | 87.82 ± 1.572a | 83.01 ± 1.824ab | 76.20 ± 1.900b | <0.001 |
| IgA, g/L | 0.64 ± 0.012 | 0.67 ± 0.020 | 0.68 ± 0.010 | 0.242 |
| IgG, g/L | 0.20 ± 0.011c | 0.23 ± 0.006b | 0.25 ± 0.004a | <0.001 |
| IgM, g/L | 0.07 ± 0.001 | 0.07 ± 0.001 | 0.08 ± 0.001 | 0.545 |
IL-2, interleukin 2; IL-4, interleukin 4; IL-6, interleukin 6; IL-10, interleukin 10; IFN-γ, interferon-γ; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α; IgA, immunoglobulin A; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M. Different lowercase superscript indicates significant difference of P < 0.05.