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Table 2. Effect of dietary FOS on the total IgA levels in intestinal tissue extracts¹.

		FOS(−)			FOS(+)

Intestinal IgA (µg/g)	Age (days)	Mean	s.d.	n	Mean	s.d.	n
Jejunum	23	46	28	6	42	14	4
	30	96	29	6	167^*	71	6
	38	145	33	6	347^*	89	6
	44	307	48	6	384^*	49	6
Ileum	23	9	5	6	10	5	4
	30	38	22	6	69	46	6
	38	121	35	6	228^*	71	6
	44	252	38	6	281	36	6
Colon	23	17	10	6	19	11	4
	30	117	39	6	219^*	67	6
	38	202	31	6	399^*	47	6
	44	345	103	6	365	89	6

FOS: fructooligosaccharides; s.d.: standard deviation.

The FOS(+) diet includes 5% fructooligosaccharides (Meiji Seika Kaisya, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) + 95% (−) diet (for details of the FOS(−) diet, see Table 1.

Significant difference from the FOS(−) diet group (P < 0·05) by two-way anova with Tukey–Kramer's post hoc test.

Table 2. Effect of dietary FOS on the total IgA levels in intestinal tissue extracts1.

Table 2. Effect of dietary FOS on the total IgA levels in intestinal tissue extracts¹.