Table 2.
Influence of the genotype on Bu-1+, CD4+, and CD8α + cell populations in the control groups of broiler (BR) and Green-legged Partridgelike (GP) chickens.
| Cell population | Cecal tonsil |
Spleen |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR | GP | BR | GP | |
| Day 7 | ||||
| Bu1 | 32.78 ± 2.78∗ | 37.41 ± 5.48∗ | 36.38 ± 3.21∗ | 48.60 ± 7.64∗ |
| CD4 | 17.86 ± 2.86∗ | 23.62 ± 4.19∗ | 16.63 ± 4.21 | 18.82 ± 4.81 |
| CD8α | 19.48 ± 7.69 | 23.10 ± 2.23 | 27.46 ± 4.80 | 23.98 ± 5.20 |
| Day 21 | ||||
| Bu1 | 45.86 ± 3.98∗∗ | 55.46 ± 2.97∗∗ | 41.55 ± 5.29∗ | 48.41 ± 4.73∗ |
| CD4 | 26.58 ± 2.75 | 28.05 ± 5.09 | 18.31 ± 7.14 | 19.64 ± 4.81 |
| CD8α | 31.28 ± 4.64 | 32.43 ± 4.67 | 27.49 ± 7.12∗ | 36.97 ± 5.12∗ |
| Day 42 | ||||
| Bu1 | 38.98 ± 7.51∗∗ | 51.44 ± 3.09∗∗ | 37.94 ± 4.05∗∗ | 45.78 ± 3.25∗∗ |
| CD4 | 31.02 ± 5.53 | 35.64 ± 4.80 | 21.96 ± 1.63 | 27.94 ± 6.13 |
| CD8α | 32.97 ± 4.49 | 35.61 ± 7.31 | 28.42 ± 4.60∗∗ | 41.14 ± 3.30∗∗ |
∗P < 0.05; ∗∗P < 0.01: significant difference between the groups.