Table 8. Serum cytokines concentrations (pg/mL) of dogs fed diets with the addition of different yeast cell wall preparations (mean and standard error of the mean).
| Item | Diets1 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | YCW | YCWs | ||
| IL-6* | 39.9a±8.8 | 22.7ab±9.5 | 21.0b±8.5 | 0.025 |
| IL-10* | 26.1±6.1 | 32.0±6.1 | 22.9±6.0 | 0.900 |
| TNF-α* | 37.1±10.0 | 24.1±10.3 | 33.8±10.1 | 0.081 |
1 CON = control, without yeast cell wall addition; YCW = 0.3% of a standard yeast cell wall extract; YCWs = 0.3% of a yeast cell wall extract with 20% soluble mannan.
* Values transformed to Log x + 1 or γ for statistical analysis.
a, b = means in a row without a common superscript letter differ (P<0.05).