Table 3.

Blood immunological and redox parameters of turkeys at 9 weeks of age.

	IgY µg/mL	IgA µg/mL	Casp 8 ng/mL	Casp 3 ng/mL	IL-6 pg/mL	TNF pg/mL	Cp U/L	CRP mg/L	OGG1 ng/mL	APEX 1 ng/L	3-NT ng/mL	8-OHdG ng/mL	PC nmol/mg protein
Treatment1
LLAL	349	51.86	4.068	1.494	12.33	13.29	1.206	1.274	13.13	637.1	43.52	0.228	1.483
LLAH	328	55.31	4.324	1.555	15.08	10.33	1.289	1.380	13.33	670.0	34.77	0.117	1.480
LHAL	345	58.25	3.901	1.585	15.23	11.58	1.265	1.610	13.61	641.9	39.44	0.221	1.427
LHAH	365	53.00	4.159	1.737	13.07	12.02	1.234	1.735	12.99	623.0	31.89	0.203	1.496
SEM	8.545	1.368	0.127	0.083	1.176	0.750	0.033	0.094	0.402	13.85	1.595	0.017	0.092
Lysine (Lys)
Low (L)	338	53.59	4.196	1.525	13.71	11.81	1.248	1.327	13.23	653.5	39.15	0.176	1.481
High (H)	355	55.62	4.030	1.661	14.15	11.80	1.249	1.673	13.30	632.4	35.67	0.212	1.461
Arginine (Arg)
Low (L)	347	55.05	3.985	1.540	13.78	12.43	1.235	1.442	13.37	639.5	41.48a	0.224	1.455
High (H)	346	54.16	4.242	1.646	14.08	11.18	1.262	1.557	13.16	646.5	33.33b	0.163	1.488
P value
Lys	0.335	0.461	0.529	0.432	0.857	0.996	0.984	0.071	0.936	0.463	0.241	0.230	0.918
Arg	0.967	0.745	0.332	0.540	0.904	0.417	0.701	0.536	0.805	0.806	0.009	0.057	0.865
Lys × Arg	0.249	0.122	0.998	0.793	0.321	0.275	0.409	0.959	0.628	0.369	0.838	0.160	0.855

IgA: immunoglobulin A; IgY: immunoglobulin Y; Casp 3: caspase 3; Casp 8: caspase 8; IL-6: interleukin 6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha; Cp: ceruloplasmin; CRP: C-reactive protein; OGG1: oxoguanine glycosylase; APEX-1: endonuclease 1; 3-NT: 3- nitrotyrosine; 8-OHdG: 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine; PC: protein carbonyl.

¹L_LA_L diet with low Lys and low Arg levels; L_LA_H diet with low Lys and high Arg levels; L_HA_L diet with high Lys and low Arg levels; L_HA_H diet with high Lys and high Arg levels.

^a,bValues in same column with no common superscripts denote a significant difference (P ≤ 0.05).