. 2019 Dec 10;99(2):1028–1037. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.10.008

Table 7.

Blood immunological parameters of turkeys at 16 wk of age fed with diets containing different Arg and Met content.

Item	TNFα pg/mL	IgA ng/mL	IgY μg/mL	IL-6 pg/mL	IL-2 pg/mL
Treatment¹
Arg₉₀Met₃₀	40.26	0.749	1.470	1.807	6.72
Arg₉₀Met₄₅	40.59	0.774	1.527	1.718	6.32
Arg₁₀₀Met₃₀	48.76	0.810	1.497	1.207	5.40
Arg₁₀₀Met₄₅	49.03	0.742	1.623	1.415	6.62
Arg₁₁₀Met₃₀	45.47	0.830	1.556	1.295	5.76
Arg₁₁₀Met₄₅	41.35	0.776	1.012	1.467	6.11
SEM	1.855	0.023	0.079	0.074	0.197
Arg level, %
90	40.42	0.761	1.499	1.762^a	6.52
100	48.90	0.776	1.560	1.311^b	6.01
110	43.41	0.803	1.284	1.381^b	5.94
Met level, %
30	44.83	0.796	1.508	1.436	5.96
45	43.65	0.764	1.3878	1.533	6.35
P value
Arg	0.187	0.775	0.319	0.028	0.422
Met	0.756	0.507	0.441	0.500	0.319
Arg × Met	0.858	0.700	0.163	0.652	0.252

Values in same column with no common superscript denote a significant difference (P ≤ 0.05).

Abbreviations: Arg, arginine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; SEM, standard error of mean; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor α.

Treatment: Arg90Met30 received 90% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg90Met45 received 90% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg100Met30 received 100% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg100Met45 received 100% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg110Met30 received 110% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg110Met45 received 110% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys.