Table 5.

Effect of β-glucan on intestinal mucosal IL-1β, IL-2 and IL-10 of weaned pigs¹.

Item	Control	Olaquindox	β-glucan	SEM	P-value
IL-1β, pg/g of protein
Duodenum	3.20	7.28	5.33	1.17	0.116
Jejunum	4.59	5.03	4.47	0.70	0.809
Ileum	4.74	6.39	4.62	0.90	0.339
IL-2, pg/g of protein
Duodenum	31.16	74.29	61.38	13.75	0.140
Jejunum	37.74	43.64	43.59	4.60	0.510
Ileum	46.93	62.11	48.65	12.70	0.667
IL-10, pg/g of protein
Duodenum	7.51	12.98	12.38	1.64	0.115
Jejunum	9.85	10.07	9.85	1.22	0.983
Ileum	7.29b	16.16a	10.53ab	2.11	0.051

IL = interleukin.

^a,b Within a row, values with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

¹Six replicate pens of 2 pigs/pen for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay data.