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. 2020 May 12;34(3):363–370. doi: 10.5713/ajas.20.0140

Table 5.

Immune parameters of broiler chicks as affected by dietary garlic powder and phenyl acetic acid supplementation

Treatment Relative weight of immune organs IgM (mg/dL) IgG (mg/dL)

Bursa Fabricius (%) Thymus (%) Spleen (%)
Control 0.092b 0.395b 0.068c 71.81d 195.32b
GP (g/kg)
 0.25 0.161ab 0.578ab 0.121ab 100.67cd 295.65ab
 0.50 0.167a 0.719a 0.128ab 112.92bc 298.87ab
 0.75 0.183a 0.753a 0.151a 149.89a 335.85a
PA (g/kg)
 0.25 0.162ab 0.548ab 0.112b 96.68cd 317.35ab
 0.50 0.173a 0.681a 0.127ab 111.92bc 328.95ab
 0.75 0.163ab 0.756a 0.137ab 130.87ab 357.44a
SEM 0.0362 0.1308 0.0134 20.161 154.112
Pr>f 0.0367 0.0134 0.0095 0.0010 0.0310

Ig, immunoglobulin; GP, garlic powder; PA, phenyl acetic; SEM, standard error of the mean.

a–d

Means within the same column with different common superscripts differ.