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Table 3.

Quantitative analysis of tissue distribution of MDA5 transcripts in healthy Muscovy ducks¹

Tissue	MDA5 gene relative expression level (mean ± SD)	Tissue	MDA5 gene relative expression level (mean ± SD)
Brain	0.62 ± 0.09^a	Glandular stomach	8.16 ± 0.71^a
Crop	19.61 ± 1.57^a	Muscle	0.02 ± 0.004^a
Trachea	373.68 ± 13.83^a	Skin	0.07 ± 0.006^a
Heart	0.13 ± 0.01^a	Duodenum	22.26 ± 1.89^a
Liver	1.62 ± 0.19^a	Ileum	23.76 ± 0.66^a
Spleen	2.68 ± 0.17^a	Colon	13.88 ± 0.84^a
Lung	1.45 ± 0.13^a	Caecum	6.98 ± 0.58^a
Kidney	2.02 ± 0.17^a	Rectum	15.02 ± 0.86^a
Muscular stomach	0.41 ± 0.05^a	Bursa	1.00 ± 0.11

¹Each result represents the level of target gene mRNA relative to those in the bursa, expressed as the mean ± SD (standard deviation) of triplicate from qRT-PCR assays. ^aindicates there was a difference (P < 0.05) between control and test tissues.