Table-2.
Effect of endosulfan (mean±SE) on Cell-mediated and humoral immune response in layers.
| Days | Cell-mediated immune response | Humoral immune response | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-lymphocyte blastogenesis (delta OD) | OBA (NO-2−production µM/ml) | Humoral immunity (ELISA values) | B-lymphocyte blastogenesis (delta OD±SE) | |||||
| C | T1 | C | T1 | C | T1 | C | T1 | |
| 0 | 0.20±0.025 | 0.20±0.03 | 190.40±22.78 | 190.40±22.78 | 1.52±0.26 | 1.52±0.26 | 0.16±0.090 | 0.16±0.09 |
| 15 | 0.19±0.015 | 0.20±0.03 | 215.20±30.70 | 167.03±25.41 | 2.55±0.06 | 2.52±0.02 | 0.20±0.08 | 0.18±0.01 |
| 30 | 0.21±0.05 | 0.20±0.05 | 346.28±33.12 | 288.53±32.99 | 2.45±0.04 | 2.43±0.06 | 0.25±0.02 | 0.19±0.03 |
| 45 | 0.26±0.03 | 0.23±0.10 | 181.96±26.72 | 129.27±18.42 | 2.40±0.09 | 2.25±0.09 | 0.32±0.06 | 0.23±0.05* |
| 60 | 0.28±0.06 | 0.24±0.02* | 311.31±36.98 | 236.57±34.55* | 2.30±0.07 | 2.01±0.07* | 0.33±0.05 | 0.24±0.08* |
| 75 | 0.29±0.04 | 0.25±0.02* | 132.36±22.53 | 43.74±7.14* | 2.29±0.08 | 1.95±0.08* | 0.34±0.09 | 0.24±0.06* |
| 90 | 0.30±0.059 | 0.26±0.03* | 316.04±34.61 | 247.00±30.83* | 2.25±0.05 | 1.90±0.05* | 0.35±0.02 | 0.25±0.04* |
Significant difference from control within column (p≤0.05). SE=Standard error, OBA=Oxidative burst assay, OD=Optical density