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. 2021 Oct 1;11:19538. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98459-x

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The T cell sub-populations in the spleen and cecal tonsils. Proportions of T cell subpopulations in the spleen (ac) and cecal tonsil (df) after nine weeks of supplementation (0–9 weeks of age) and stress treatment (11–13 weeks of age). Sub-populations were identified using the following combinations of cell surface markers: T helper cells = CD3+CD4+; cytotoxic T cells = CD3+CD8+; T regulatory cells = CD4+CD25+ (n of birds: S-Placebo = 9, NS-Placebo = 9, S-Lacto = 9, NS-Lacto = 9, whereby Lacto = L. rhamnosus, Placebo = water supplementation, S = stressed and NS = non-stressed) in 15 weeks old birds. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences within the Supplementation*Stress interaction (P < 0.05).