Selected prebiotics and synbiotics administered in ovo can modify innate immunity in chicken broilers

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Table 3 Mean (±SD) hematocrit (Ht), total serum protein (TSP), and leukocyte count (WBC) in chickens

Groups	Day 7			Day 21			Day 35
Groups	Ht [%]	TSP [g/L]	WBC [10³/μL]	Ht [%]	TSP [g/L]	WBC [10³/μL]	Ht [%]	TSP [g/L]	WBC [10³/μL]
C	21.6	47.7	32.72	23^a	51	28.40^a	27.83^a	52.3^a	28.80
C	±1.52	±3.8	±4.53	±4.98	±3,6	±5.8	±1.1	±4.4	±8.32
Pre1	21.5	47	32.72^a	27	54.3	13.33^b	32.67^b	62.3^b	36.40
Pre1	±2.07	±3.5	±4.53	±2.0	±8.1	±4.84	±2.73	±3.9	±9.94
Pre2	21	47	39.15^b	24.33^ac	53	14.67^b	31	58.8	54.00
Pre2	±1.26	±3.7	±8.27	±2.07	±3.3	±4.13	±1.26	±2.4	±8.72
Syn1	20.33	47.5	30.40	29.67^b	56.5	14.67^b	30	51.8^a	52.00
Syn1	±4.72	±1.5	±6.38	±0.52	±2.7	±3.93	±2.1	±4.2	±15.75
Syn2	20.33	44.8	23.59	28.5^bc	52.8	17.60	31.33^b	55.3^a	44.00
Syn2	±0.52	±1.9	±3.20	±2.35	±2.8	±2.97	±2.16	±4.1	±7.30

C Control, Pre1 Prebiotic 1, Pre2 Prebiotic 2, Syn1 Synbiotic 1, Syn2 Synbiotic 2. Values within a column with no common lowercase superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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