Table 6.
Effects of dietary Ecobiol supplementation on cytokines level of broilers1.
| Item2 | Ecobiol (mg/kg) |
SEM |
P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 2,000 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| D 21 | ||||||||
| Serum (pg/mL) | ||||||||
| IL-1β | 31.45 | 30.65 | 29.75 | 28.44 | 30.22 | 0.86 | 0.094 | 0.150 |
| IL-6 | 61.92 | 53.73 | 52.17 | 51.59 | 52.96 | 2.08 | 0.004 | 0.014 |
| TNF-α | 108.60 | 108.85 | 92.32 | 96.17 | 100.29 | 3.83 | 0.021 | 0.058 |
| IL-10 | 31.96 | 36.99 | 41.82 | 38.69 | 41.13 | 1.89 | 0.002 | 0.072 |
| D 42 | ||||||||
| Serum (pg/mL) | ||||||||
| IL-1β | 33.18 | 30.45 | 27.35 | 27.47 | 28.79 | 1.23 | 0.005 | 0.019 |
| IL-6 | 62.91 | 61.84 | 61.89 | 55.15 | 60.98 | 1.80 | 0.072 | 0.306 |
| TNF-α | 111.38 | 104.50 | 104.66 | 89.93 | 99.38 | 4.02 | 0.005 | 0.245 |
| IL-10 | 29.60 | 34.15 | 34.71 | 35.71 | 33.44 | 1.54 | 0.067 | 0.028 |
| Jejunum (pg/mg) | ||||||||
| IL-10 | 21.37 | 24.89 | 24.70 | 20.24 | 23.24 | 1.67 | 0.864 | 0.403 |
| IL-1β | 32.74 | 23.17 | 25.03 | 23.43 | 26.24 | 1.22 | 0.002 | <0.001 |
| IL-6 | 129.73 | 107.02 | 93.69 | 104.31 | 109.88 | 5.04 | 0.012 | <0.001 |
| TNF-α | 144.30 | 128.30 | 131.73 | 117.44 | 132.79 | 5.23 | 0.048 | 0.028 |
| Ileum (pg/mg) | ||||||||
| IL-10 | 22.86 | 21.07 | 24.20 | 25.49 | 21.73 | 1.55 | 0.662 | 0.327 |
| IL-1β | 42.92 | 31.68 | 25.43 | 28.98 | 28.88 | 1.93 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| IL-6 | 154.22 | 131.38 | 118.78 | 104.93 | 118.32 | 5.87 | <0.001 | 0.003 |
| TNF-α | 162.63 | 146.53 | 133.52 | 127.31 | 115.68 | 6.37 | <0.001 | 0.514 |
Data are the means of 8 replicates per treatment.
Abbreviations: IL-1β, interleukin-1β; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-10, interleukin-10.