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. 2019 Feb 16;11(2):121. doi: 10.3390/toxins11020121

Table 4.

Effect of the three treatments on serum levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), mucin, citrulline and C-reactive protein (CRP), and the antibody titers against Newcastle disease (ND) and intestinal IgA levels in broiler chickens consuming a corn-soybean based diet contaminated with AFB1 (2 ppm) for 21 days 1.

Group SOD (U/mL) Mucin (pg/mL) Citrulline (nmol/mL) CRP (ng/mL) ND Titer Intestinal IgA (µg/mL)
NC 13.33 ± 0.15a 104.00 ± 28.25a 22.30 ± 3.54ab 25.10 ± 1.35ab 1327.4 ± 99.70a 42.47 ± 7.46a
AFB1 9.83 ± 0.81c 68.67 ±14.24a 13.90 ± 1.97b 30.18 ± 4.11a 846.5 ± 29.03b 25.47 ± 2.38b
CUR 11.32 ± 0.49bc 62.67 ± 7.06a 21.40 ± 3.19ab 21.86 ± 2.31b 1258.8 ± 112.72a 36.39 ± 2.84ab
CEL 11.50 ± 0.67b 92.00 ± 15.90a 26.27 ± 3.77a 22.51 ± 1.87b 1467.2 ± 126.66a 39.62 ± 5.28ab
CEL + CUR 11.45 ± 0.13b 73.67 ± 16.90a 17.72 ± 2.89ab 20.88 ± 2.13b 1313.9 ± 165.06a 41.43 ± 4.72a
SEM2 0.2753 7.9510 1.5035 1.1861 57.8831 2.2718
P-value 0.0010 0.4522 0.0793 0.0871 0.0063 0.1129

1 Each value represents the mean ± standard error. 2 Standard error of the means. a–c Mean values in the same column that do not share a common letter differ significantly (P < 0.05), according Duncan’s multiple range tests; n = 12.