Table 5.
mRNA expression of cytokines in the lung, jejunum, ileum and liver of broiler chickens fed control or diets supplemented with a complex of biofactors and antioxidants undergoing early life stress.a,b
| Corrected Cytokine Mean2 - 7 d of age | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lungs |
Jejunum |
Ileum |
Liver |
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| Treatment | IL-10 | IL-1β | IFN- γ | IL-6 | IL-10 | IL-6 | IL-10 | IL-6 | IL-10 |
| Control | 9.82 | 10.50a | 8.63 | 10.19 | 8.95 | 9.59 | 7.43 | 8.24 | 8.15 |
| P(BF+AOx)1 | 9.17 | 9.04b | 8.07 | 9.04 | 8.30 | 9.12 | 6.43 | 11.09 | 5.88 |
| SEM | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.85 | 0.66 |
| P value | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.45 | 0.20 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
a,b
P < 0.05; n = 6 replicate pens/treatment and 30 birds/pen.