Table 3.
Anti–IL-10 antibody activity of experimental diets used in studies 1 and 2.1
| Item | Treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCON | ICON | I-143 or I-165 | I-287 | |
| Study 1 | ||||
| Target activity, U/tonne of feed | 0 | 0 | 143 | 287 |
| Measured activity, U/tonne of feed | 0 | 0 | 273 | 597 |
| Study 2 | ||||
| Target activity, U/tonne of feed | 0 | 0 | 165 | 287 |
| Measured activity, U/tonne of feed | 0 | 0 | 251 | 466 |
Abbreviations: DEP, dried egg product; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; I-143, infected birds receiving 143 U/tonne of DEP; I-165, infected birds receiving 165 U/tonne of DEP; I-287, infected birds receiving 287 U/tonne; ICON, infected control; UCON, uninfected control.
1
No anti–IL-10 activity was quantified in the unsupplemented control diet group from either study. Diet analysis was performed using a validated ELISA procedure (Sand et al., 2016).