Table 6.

Body weight (BW) of 15-wk-old Lohmann LSL-Lite pullets upon challenge with to E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) when fed flaxseed (FFF) and yeast bioactives (YB) from hatch.¹

Item	Prechallenged BW, g	Postchallenge BW, g			Postchallenge BW gain, g
		24 h	72 h	168 h	0–24 h	0–72 h	0–168 h
LPS
-	1,162	1,162	1,159	1,150	−0.49	−1.47	−3.44a
+	1,161	1,160	1,159	1,157	−0.74	−3.91	−12.41b
SEM	5.92	5.92	5.96	6.30	0.806	1.566	3.113
Diet
Control	1,182	1,180	1,175	1,165	−2.38	−7.14	−16.66
1% FFF	1,162	1,161	1,158	1,152	−1.53	−4.58	−10.69
3% FFF	1,153	1,153	1,154	1,155	0.39	1.18	2.75
5% FFF	1,143	1,142	1,141	1,138	−0.74	−2.22	−5.19
0.025% YB	1,152	1,155	1,155	1,147	2.92	2.88	−4.81
0.05% YB	1,171	1,169	1,166	1,158	−1.80	−5.41	−12.63
0.10% YB	1,168	1,167	1,165	1,160	−1.18	−3.54	−8.25
SEM	4.15	4.12	4.13	4.39	1.507	2.929	5.824
P-value
LPS	0.843	0.858	0.933	0.414	0.826	0.275	0.044
Diet	0.201	0.300	0.470	0.729	0.219	0.183	0.331
LPS*Diet	0.887	0.892	0.837	0.489	0.628	0.432	0.119

¹Co-extruded full-fat flaxseed and pulse mixture (FFF, 1:1 wt/wt), as a source of a-linolenic acid; Enzymatically bio-processed yeast cell walls from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a source of yeast bioactives.

^a,bWithin a column, LSmeans without a common superscript differ P < 0.05.