. 2021 Jul 9;12:705758. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.705758

TABLE 7.

Effects of P8 on the immune indices in jejunum mucosa of Eimeria-infected broilers at days 21 and 42.

	NC	IC	P8L	P8H	DIC	SEM	P-value
Day 21
IL-6 (pg/mg protein)	5.50^b	7.23^a	6.27^b	5.40^b	5.57^b	0.172	0.001
IL-10 (pg/mg protein)	29.94^a	18.53^b	18.47^b	18.89^b	20.34^b	0.695	0.000
TNF-α (pg/mg protein)	2.46^c	3.85^a	2.91^b	2.33^c	3.17^b	0.095	0.000
sIgA (ng/mg protein)	692.66^b	852.38^a	761.31^ab	851.54^a	778.99^ab	20.849	0.044
Day 42
IL-6 (pg/mg protein)	5.13^bc	6.76^a	6.00^ab	5.43^bc	4.98^b	0.157	0.001
IL-10 (pg/mg protein)	22.06	19.27	19.74	20.31	20.35	0.580	0.634
TNF-α (pg/mg protein)	2.06^c	3.41^a	2.82^b	2.40^bc	2.15^c	0.098	0.000
sIgA (ng/mg protein)	741.19^b	860.75^a	808.05^ab	879.46^a	851.95^a	16.444	0.032

^a,b,cMean value within a role with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). NC, control diet; IC, control diet + Eimeria infection; P8L, control diet containing 1 × 10⁷ cfu/g P8 + Eimeria infection; P8H, control diet containing 1 × 10⁸ cfu/g P8 + Eimeria infection; DIC, control diet + Eimeria infection + Diclazuril. IL-6, interleukin 6. IL-10, interleukin 10. TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor. sIgA, secretory immunoglobulin A.