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. 2019 Dec 12;99(2):879–885. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.09.001

Table 4.

Effect of dietary EL level and variety on immune response of Japanese quails.

Trait Eucalyptus level (L)
Variety (V)
SEM P value
0% 0.1% 0.2% Gray White L V L*V
Cell-mediated immunity (swelling difference %1)
 After 24 h 33.9 38.2 34.0 40.6a 30.1b 0.027 0.47 <0.01 0.10
 After 48 h 19.1 24.1 17.2 24.7a 15.6b 0.023 0.08 <0.01 0.14
 After 72 h 7.7b 12.1a 8.8b 12.0a 7.1b 0.019 0.05 <0.01 0.93
Humoral immunity
 NDV titer 5,257.5b 6,768.5a 5,461.8b 5,355.6 6,302.9 286.5 0.04 0.07 <0.01

a,bMeans within a row with different superscript letters for each factor are significantly different.

Abbreviations: EL, Eucalyptus leaves; SEM, standard error of mean; NDV, Newcastle Disease Virus.

1

Swelling difference=swelling differenceinitial thickness of toe web×100