Table 6.

Effects of AT-xynA on ileal immune function of broilers.¹

Items	CON	XY	Value of p
day 7
Interleukin-1β, pg./mg	30.94 ± 2.02	23.37 ± 1.91	0.053
Interleukin-6, ng/g	11.25 ± 1.40	9.09 ± 0.19	0.262
Interleukin-10, pg./mg	3.42 ± 0.23	3.85 ± 0.63	0.553
Tumor necrosis factor-α, ng/g	34.47 ± 3.85	29.90 ± 4.17	0.466
Interferon-γ, pg./mg	3.32 ± 0.11	3.30 ± 0.58	0.978
day 14
Interleukin-1β, pg./mg	29.24 ± 4.05	18.16 ± 0.90	0.056
Interleukin-6, ng/g	14.57 ± 1.22	9.27 ± 0.45	0.015
Interleukin-10, pg./mg	4.23 ± 0.56	3.17 ± 0.25	0.155
Tumor necrosis factor-α, ng/g	40.38 ± 5.32	27.15 ± 1.57	0.076
Interferon-γ, pg./mg	4.54 ± 0.70	3.72 ± 0.24	0.329
day 21
Interleukin-1β, pg./mg	42.54 ± 5.60	30.27 ± 1.92	0.107
Interleukin-6, ng/g	13.33 ± 2.59	9.28 ± 0.19	0.258
Interleukin-10, pg./mg	4.28 ± 0.29	4.63 ± 1.32	0.811
Tumor necrosis factor-α, ng/g	37.87 ± 2.79	36.97 ± 2.63	0.938
Interferon-γ, pg./mg	3.96 ± 0.22	4.31 ± 0.97	0.740
day 42
Interleukin-1β, pg./mg	43.17 ± 3.51	29.37 ± 3.38	0.047
Interleukin-6, ng/g	12.31 ± 1.07	8.62 ± 1.03	0.067
Interleukin-10, pg./mg	4.09 ± 0.86	4.57 ± 1.13	0.753
Tumor necrosis factor-α, ng/g	49.41 ± 1.10	25.32 ± 3.58	0.108
Interferon-γ, pg./mg	3.87 ± 0.84	4.33 ± 0.83	0.716

¹CON is AT-xynA un-supplemented group; XY is 4,000 U/kg AT-xynA supplemented group.

Values are expressed as means ± SEM, n = 6.