Table A.3.
Effect of glutamine supplementation in immune response of chickens for fattening
| Source | Day | Supplemental glutamine in the diet (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Bartell, 2006a,b. Chapt. 41 | 21 | ||||||
| Serum IgA (ng/mL) | 0.808b | 1.806a/1.694a | 1.784a | ||||
| Serum IgG (ng/mL) | 1.579b | 1.971a/1.874a | 1.953a | ||||
| Intestinal IgA (ng/mL) | 0.505b | 1.310a/1.380a | 1.144a | ||||
| Bartell, 2006a,b. Chapt. 5 | 25 | ||||||
| Serum IgA (ng/mL) | 1.324a | 2.262b | |||||
| Intestinal IgA (ng/mL) | 1.898a | 2.235b | |||||
| 40 | |||||||
| Serum IgA (ng/mL) | 1.626a | 2.311b | |||||
| Intestinal IgA (ng/mL) | 1.716a | 2.317b | |||||
| Bartell and Batal, 2007. Study 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Serum IgA (ng/mL) | 1.853b | 2.808a | 1.276c | ||||
| Serum IgG (ng/mL) | 1.829c | 2.506a | 2.065b | ||||
| Intestinal IgA (ng/mL) | 2.784b | 3.509a | 2.455b | ||||
| Bartell and Batal, 2007. Study 2 | 21 | ||||||
| Serum IgA (ng/mL) | 1.293b | 2.914a | |||||
| Serum IgG (ng/mL) | 2.290b | 3.475a | |||||
| Intestinal IgA (ng/mL) | 1.905b | 3.267a | |||||
| Soltan (2009) | 42 | ||||||
| Phagocytic activity2 | 18.2b | 19.2b | 22.1a | 19.8ab | 17.8b | ||
| HI3 | 4.35b | 4.62b | 5.34a | 4.42b | 3.98b | ||
1
For supplemental level 1% Gln, first value obtained with Gln source 1 and second value with Gln source 2.
2
According to Kawadara et al., 1991: (macrophages containing yeast/total number of macrophages) × 100.
3
Hemagglutination inhibition test. Geometric mean antibody titre (log2) against Newcastle disease virus vaccine.
a,b,c: Means within a row with different superscript letters are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).