Table 2.

Effect of CsA and CY on humoral and cellular immune responses of turkeys (* the difference between groups treated with CsA or CY and untreated group is significant (p<0.1); ** the difference between groups treated with CsA or CY and untreated group is significant (p<0.05))

Treatment	Antibody responsea	Mitogenic responseb
Trial 1
None	3.20±0.45	140.01±101.98
CsAc	3.00±0.00	61.37±37.80*
CYd	2.25±0.50**	35.46±7.37*
Trial 2
None	5.40±2.30	60.89±26.63
CsA	3.00±1.00	21.04±4.82**
CY	0.00±0.00**	54.46±24.31

^aTurkey poults were intramuscularly injected with SRBC cells at 10 days old prior to infection with TCV. Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation (SD) of hemagglutination titers (log₂) from five turkey poults in each group at 7 days after injection.

^bData are expressed as mean±SD of stimulation index from five turkey poults in each group at 10 days old.

^cTurkey poults were treated with CsA, 100mg per kg body weight, at 7 days old in trial 1 or 4 days old in trial 2 and every third day thereafter.

^dTurkey poults were treated with CY, 5mg per turkey poult per day on the first 3 days post-hatching.