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. 2019 Feb 4;2019:7167525. doi: 10.1155/2019/7167525

Table 4.

Effect of different levels of Q10 on immune organ and yolk sac weights (g) of chicken at different ages.

Item Sham control Un-injected control Q10, 0.1 mL/egg Q10, 0.2 mL/egg SEM P-value
at day of hatching (g/100g BW)

Bursa of Fabricius 0.193b 0.189b 0.207a 0.207a 0.020 0.014
Spleen 0.071 0.073 0.071 0.078 0.021 0.537
Yolk sac 8.4a 7.82a 7.27b 7.04b 0.111 0.001

At 42 days of age (g/100g BW)

Bursa of Fabricius 0.082b 0.075b 0.111a 0.112a 0.01 0.002
Spleen 0.093b 0.103b 0.145a 0.141a 0.01 0.012
Liver 3.49a 3.45a 2.97b 2.51c 0.06 0.011

Means with common letters in the same columns are not significantly different (P>0.05). SEM: standard error of the means; Q10: coenzyme Q10.