Table 5.

Intestinal immunoglobulins contents of Partridge Shank chickens fed diets supplemented with or without MOS (μg/mg protein).

Items	Control	0.5 g/kg MOS	1 g/kg MOS	1.5 g/kg MOS	SEM	p-Value
						L	Q
Jejunum
sIgA
Days 21	7.37	7.62	8.43	8.31	0.24	0.110	0.708
Days 42	8.78	10.15	9.12	7.93	0.29	0.227	0.039
IgM
Days 21	7.64	7.71	8.96	9.06	0.27	0.024	0.966
Days 42	11.41	12.14	11.06	9.38	0.42	0.053	0.140
IgG
Days 21	108.17	138.09	143.99	168.33	7.46	0.004	0.823
Days 42	145.96	191.79	179.32	142.54	7.54	0.702	0.005
Ileum
sIgA
Days 21	8.25	9.35	10.41	8.34	0.33	0.914	0.022
Days 42	9.92	11.55	10.19	9.27	0.03	0.163	0.022
IgM
Days 21	9.11	10.24	11.58	8.82	0.35	0.843	0.002
Days 42	10.91	14.87	12.90	10.81	0.49	0.505	0.001
IgG
Days 21	133.93	145.24	175.10	122.59	7.14	0.940	0.018
Days 42	185.97	229.32	196.24	174.00	7.36	0.243	0.019

MOS = mannooligosaccharide; sIgA = secretory immunoglobulin A; IgM = immunoglobulin M; IgG = immunoglobulin G; SEM = standard error of means (each treatment included 48 chickens and consisted of 6 replicates); L = linear; Q = quadratic.