Table 7.
Effects of feeding sows diets supplemented with lysozyme on placental tissue of sows mRNA expression, and concentration of cytokines and immunoglobulin1
| Treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Control | LZM 150 | LZM 300 | SEM | P-value |
| mRNA expression | |||||
| IL-6 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.06 | 0.95 |
| IL-10 | 1.00 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 0.06 | 0.60 |
| TNF-α | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.07 | 0.95 |
| pIgR | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 0.06 | 0.92 |
| Concentration of cytokines and sIgA | |||||
| IL-6, ng/g | 673.86 | 681.47 | 688.19 | 10.83 | 0.87 |
| IL-10, mg/g | 4.17 | 4.54 | 4.49 | 0.10 | 0.28 |
| TNF-α, ng/g | 624.1 | 612.39 | 610.12 | 10.54 | 0.87 |
| sIgA, ng/g | 128.98 | 132.03 | 133.58 | 3.31 | 0.86 |
1LZM 150 = control diet + lysozyme 150 g/t, LZM 300 = control diet + lysozyme 300 g/t, IL-6 = interleukin-6, IL-10 = interleukin-10, TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-α, pIgR = polymeric immunoglobulin receptor, sIgA = secretory immunoglobulin A. Data are means of 8 sows.