Table 3.
Multipotent and progenitor cell percentages in the crypt epithelium of control and in-ovo feeding (IOF) -treated chicks (%).1,2
| Item | Multipotent cells |
Progenitor cells |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (non-injected) | IOF-NaCl | IOF-Leu | IOF-Gln | Control (non-injected) | IOF-NaCl | IOF-Leu | IOF-Gln | |
| DOH | 67.5 ± 2.1a | 69 ± 1.8a | 56 ± 2.4b | 58.3 ± 2.7b | 19.6 ± 1.6 | 14.6 ± 1.4 | 19.6 ± 1.7 | 16.4 ± 1.6 |
| D 1 | 65.8 ± 1.8a | 66.8 ± 1.8a | 55.9 ± 1.8b | 60.3 ± 1.6ab | 19.7 ± 1.8 | 20.9 ± 1.6 | 25.6 ± 1.9 | 19.7 ± 1.4 |
| D 3 | 49.5 ± 2.5a | 48.5 ± 1.9a | 52.5 ± 1.9ab | 41.9 ± 1.5b | 31.6 ± 1.8 | 26.2 ± 1.8 | 26.9 ± 1.5 | 26.6 ± 1.5 |
| D 7 | 28 ± 1.5ab | 31 ± 1.5a | 31.8 ± 1.5a | 23.8 ± 1.4b | 27.4 ± 1.7 | 29.8 ± 2.3 | 33.5 ± 1.9 | 31.2 ± 1.3 |
DOH = d of hatch; D 1 = d 1 post-hatch: D 3 = d 3 post-hatch; D 7 = d 7 post-hatch.
a, b Different uppercase letters mark significant differences between treatment groups at each day by Tukey–Kramer HSD, P < 0.05. No significant differences were found between means in each treatment group at each day in proliferating cell percentages.
1
Cell percentage = 100 × (Cell sub -Type quantities)/Total cell quantities.
2
Values are means ± SEM.