Table 5.
Effect of two-stage FSBM on serum and jejunum’s immunity of 35 day-old broilers 1.
| Items | Experimental Diet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBM | FSBML | FSBMB | FSBMB+L | SEM | p-Value | |
| Jejunum | ||||||
| IL-1β (pg/mg protein) | 10.2 b | 16.9 a | 11.7 b | 12.5 b | 1.15 | 0.016 |
| IL-10 (pg/mg protein) | 134 b | 208 a | 130 b | 135 b | 4.44 | <0.001 |
| IL-6 (pg/mg protein) | 655 b | 769 a | 510 c | 500 c | 36.3 | 0.002 |
| Serum | ||||||
| IL-1β (pg/mL) | 90.1 a | 43.1 c | 70.9 ab | 51.5 bc | 7.95 | 0.018 |
1 Each value represents the mean ± standard deviation (n = 5). SBM: Soybean meal; FSBML: commercial control; FSBMB: SBM one-stage fermented by Bv; FSBMB+L: SBM two-stage fermented by Bv and Lb. a–c Means within a row with different letters differed significantly (p < 0.05).