Table 5.
Experiment 2. Mitogen stimulated proliferation of lymphocytes1 from Hy-Line Brown pullets fed from 10 wk-of-age for 7 wk with diets containing different types of fiber. (Mean, pooled SEM, n = 8).
| Mitogen2 | C3 | MF3 | IF3 | Pooled SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConA | 79.4a | 100.4b | 103.1b | 3.7 |
| LPS | 106.6a | 122.4b | 129.0b | 3.1 |
| PMA | 119.3 | 124.3 | 125.5 | 4.8 |
a,bMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).
1Proliferation measured 8 h after adding alamarBlue and expressed as a percentage of the increase of mitogen stimulated lymphocytes relative to non-stimulated lymphocytes.
2Mitogens - ConA - 2.5 μg/mL Concanavalin A; LPS - 3.125 μg/mL lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli; PMA - 1.25 μg/mL phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate.
3See Table 3 for details of diets.