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Table 5 The average concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines and acute phase proteins in plasma of peripheral blood of goats

From: Feeding a high-grain diet reduces the percentage of LPS clearance and enhances immune gene expression in goat liver

Item

Diet

SED a

Effect, P -value

LG

HG

Diet

Time

Diet × Time

TNFα (fmol/mL)

 0 h

15.54

52.36

6.98

<0.001

0.681

0.774

 4 h

11.51

71.67

    

 8 h

19.24

53.92

    

IL-1B (ng/mL)

 0 h

0.05

0.11

0.02

<0.001

0.089

0.127

 4 h

0.06

0.14

    

 8 h

0.06

0.09

    

IL-6 (pg/mL)

 0 h

93.99

107.02

23.81

0.097

0.372

0.717

 4 h

120.56

150.95

    

 8 h

116.58

161.07

    

LBP (μg/mL)

 0 h

13.58

42.22

4.23

<0.001

0.612

0.734

 4 h

14.50

42.34

    

 8 h

16.25

37.91

    

Hp (μg/mL)

 0 h

79.55

365.58

50.42

0.021

0.477

0.636

 4 h

183.39

307.53

    

 8 h

112.66

350.52

    

SAA (μg/mL)

 0 h

57.31

348.56

37.49

0.024

0.726

0.627

 4 h

78.18

386.66

    

 8 h

63.06

324.88

    
  1. aSED: standard error of difference between treatment and control.