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. 2016 Jul 27;11(7):e0159433. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159433

Table 4. Serum IgG, IgM, IgA, and corticosterone levels of chickens fed regular NRC diet or diets supplemented with ethanol sterilized HESM and challenged with LPS for 24 h, Study 2 (n = 12).

	Saline		LPS
Parameters	Control	HESM	Control	HESM
IgM (mg/ml)	2.84±0.30^b.a	1.93±0.24^b	3.83±0.40^a	3.50±0.47^a
IgG (mg/ml)	4.78±0.68^a	1.23±0.17^b	3.53±0.53^a	0.98±0.17^b
IgA (mg/ml)	0.56±0.15^a	0.54±0.22^a	1.18±0.17^a	0.81±0.39^a
Corticosterone (ng/mL)	7.74±0.95^a	5.01±0.53^b	6.7±0.60^a,b	6.58± 0.96^a,b

Values with different superscripts in a row are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).