Table 6.

The mRNA expression of selected genes in the liver of vaccinated and non-vaccinated turkeys at 6 weeks of age.

	IgA		IL-6
	Non-vaccinated	Vaccinated	Non-vaccinated	Vaccinated
Treatment1
LLAL	0.013	0.006ab	< LOQ	< LOQ
LLAH	0.012	0.005ab	< LOQ	< LOQ
LHAL	0.010	0.004b	< LOQ	< LOQ
LHAH	0.009	0.007a	< LOQ	< LOQ
SEM	0.0008	0.0005
Lysine (Lys)
Low (L)	0.012a	0.005	–	–
High (H)	0.009b	0.006	–	–
Arginine (Arg)
Low (L)	0.012	0.005	–	–
High (H)	0.010	0.006	–	–
P value
Lys	0.043	0.851	–	–
Arg	0.271	0.213	–	–
Lys × Arg	0.951	0.040	–	–

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.

IgA: immunoglobulin A. IL-6: interleukin; < LOQ- below the limit of quantification.

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