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. 2021 Aug 5;11:15975. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95529-y

Table 4.

Blood immunological and redox parameters of turkeys at 16 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 382 71.95 4.938 2.238 10.53 8.486 1.367 2.659 9.359b 633 51.19 0.473 0.847ab
LLAH 386 62.25 4.534 1.929 10.14 8.476 1.191 2.043 13.28a 692 35.44 0.360 0.748b
LHAL 349 61.04 4.265 2.044 9.091 8.227 1.247 2.003 10.50ab 642 31.28 0.320 0.758b
LHAH 362 62.10 4.404 1.741 10.13 8.948 1.248 1.988 11.17ab 682 24.82 0.301 0.986a
SEM 7.65 1.515 0.121 0.096 0.648 0.296 0.044 0.123 0.438 12.92 2.183 0.032 0.039
Lysine (Lys)
Low (L) 384 67.10 4.736 2.083 10.33 8.481 1.279 2.351 11.32 662.3 43.32a 0.416 0.797
High (H) 356 61.57 4.334 1.893 9.610 8.588 1.247 1.995 10.83 662.1 28.05b 0.310 0.872
Arginine (Arg)
Low (L) 365 66.50 4.602 2.141 9.808 8.357 1.307 2.331 9.928 637.4 41.23a 0.396 0.802
High (H) 374 62.18 4.469 1.835 10.13 8.712 1.219 2.016 12.22 687.0 30.13b 0.330 0.867
P value
Lys 0.070 0.051 0.101 0.325 0.597 0.864 0.727 0.142 0.521 0.993  < 0.001 0.098 0.319
Arg 0.564 0.123 0.580 0.119 0.810 0.568 0.339 0.192 0.005 0.061  < 0.001 0.296 0.390
Lys × Arg 0.791 0.058 0.262 0.987 0.601 0.557 0.332 0.212 0.039 0.711 0.103 0.449 0.035

1LLAL diet with low Lys and low Arg levels; LLAH diet with low Lys and high Arg levels; LHAL diet with high Lys and low Arg levels; LHAH diet with high Lys and high Arg levels.

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