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. 2020 Jul 2;99(10):4730–4740. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.06.039

Table 7.

Blood immunological parameters of turkeys at 16 wk of age.

Item TNFα ng/L IgA μg/L IgY mg/L IL-6 ng/L IL-2 ng/L
Treatment1
 Arg90Met30 5.014 10.002a 3.358 24.37 37.44
 Arg90Met45 4.355 8.804a,b 3.411 20.78 33.40
 Arg100Met30 2.742 9.280a,b 1.776 21.11 31.81
 Arg100Met45 2.798 8.903a,b 2.300 12.13 28.93
 Arg110Met30 2.852 7.093b 2.015 18.35 27.69
 Arg110Met45 3.044 9.688a 1.517 15.17 28.62
 SEM 0.249 0.307 0.153 1.172 1.307
Arg level, %
 90 4.684a 9.403 3.385a 22.58a 35.42
 100 2.770b 9.092 2.038b 16.62b 30.37
 110 2.948b 8.391 1.766b 16.76b 28.15
Met level, %
 30 3.536 8.792 2.383 21.28a 32.31
 45 3.399 9.132 2.409 16.03b 30.31
P-value
 Arg 0.002 0.355 0.001 0.045 0.071
 Met 0.763 0.561 0.909 0.018 0.439
 Arg x Met 0.711 0.027 0.202 0.474 0.711

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

Abbreviations: IgY, immunoglobulin Y; IL-6, interleukin 6; IL-2, interleukin 2; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor α; IgA, immunoglobulin A.

1

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.