Table 5.
Effects of taurine supplementation on liver cytokines concentrations of LPS-challenged broilers1
| Treatment2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | CON | LPS | LPS + T1 | LPS + T2 | P-value |
| IL-1β, ng/g protein | 148.79 ± 10.04d | 317.68 ± 22.13a | 260.07 ± 19.96b | 175.77 ± 15.36c | <0.01 |
| IL-6, ng/g protein | 12.15 ± 1.27c | 26.48 ± 1.06a | 19.21 ± 1.09b | 14.91 ± 1.37c | <0.01 |
| TNF-α, ng/g protein | 75.18 ± 3.59c | 132.32 ± 7.33a | 100.19 ± 5.33b | 102.64 ± 3.71b | <0.01 |
| IL-10, ng/g protein | 39.48 ± 3.37 | 40.00 ± 2.73 | 39.19 ± 2.57 | 42.51 ± 2.81 | 0.842 |
1Data are means ± SEM, n = 8.
2CON, control basal diet; LPS, LPS challenged broilers fed CON; LPS+T1, LPS challenged broilers fed CON supplemented with 5 g/kg taurine; LPS+T2, LPS challenged broilers fed CON supplemented with 7.5 g/lg taurine.
a–dMeans within the same row with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).