Table 1.

Effects of CSP on body weight and immune organ index of immunosuppressed chickens.

Traits	Age (d)	Treatment
		N	M	CLM	CMM	CHM	ACM
BW (g)	7	51.38 ± 5.77	52.96 ± 3.80	54.02 ± 9.23	50.96 ± 8.06	51.31 ± 6.17	52.70 ± 8.43
	14	94.46 ± 12.09	62.34 ± 3.16**	65.23 ± 6.95**	85.00 ± 6.06*##	65.29 ± 6.34***	85.70 ± 7.84##
	21	128.06 ± 12.39	112.61 ± 7.06*	126.97 ± 8.96#	145.51 ± 12.81**##	124.17 ± 12.30	140.88 ± 7.23*##
	35	326.80 ± 12.91	259.47 ± 14.89**	303.85 ± 33.77##	309.80 ± 41.47##	233.08 ± 16.89**	256.43 ± 30.97**
Spleen index (mg/g)	14	1.92 ± 0.57	2.60 ± 0.53	1.77 ± 0.50	3.66 ± 1.57**	2.09 ± 0.42	2.33 ± 0.19
	21	3.11 ± 0.27	2.13 ± 1.17	1.86 ± 0.25	1.97 ± 0.42	3.03 ± 1.53	1.88 ± 0.44
	35	2.10 ± 0.41	1.44 ± 0.27	1.99 ± 0.32	2.81 ± 0.73*##	1.71 ± 0.30	2.12 ± 0.49
Thymus index (mg/g)	14	2.68 ± 0.68	0.61 ± 0.28**	1.06 ± 0.44**	1.23 ± 0.59**	0.84 ± 0.50**	1.98 ± 1.01##
	21	2.19 ± 0.27	3.41 ± 0.87	3.85 ± 0.88*	2.81 ± 0.54	2.05 ± 0.48	2.28 ± 1.65
	35	5.37 ± 2.35	4.57 ± 0.78	4.39 ± 1.54	5.64 ± 0.90	5.57 ± 2.23	4.36 ± 1.48
Bursa of Fabricius (mg/g)	14	3.40 ± 0.69	0.89 ± 0.19**	2.56 ± 1.97##	0.93 ± 0.26**	0.85 ± 0.10**	1.00 ± 0.45**
	21	2.46 ± 1.02	2.48 ± 0.29	2.96 ± 0.90	1.59 ± 0.21	1.03 ± 0.68*#	1.06 ± 0.29*#
	35	3.52 ± 0.72	0.94 ± 0.28**	1.18 ± 0.23**	1.21 ± 0.46**	0.89 ± 0.18**	0.95 ± 0.30**

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01 ompared with N roup;

^#p < 0.05,

^##p < 0.01 compared with M group.