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Table 2 Effects of inorganic selenium and different sources of bacterial organic selenium on plasma immunoglobulin levels in broiler chickens

From: Influence of bacterial organic selenium on blood parameters, immune response, selenium retention and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens

Dietary Treatments1

Parameters

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

SEM

P -value

DAY 21

 IgG (mg/mL)

133.1b

364.6a

298.5ab

298.7ab

372.0a

33.38

0.032

 IgA (ug/mL)

763.8b

743.0b

1335.7a

754.8b

1085.2ab

70.78

0.022

 IgM (ug/mL)

481.6c

552.2ab

502.7b

608.4a

508.5b

37.13

0.041

DAY 42

 IgG (mg/mL)

258.4b

469.0a

454.4a

450.1a

476.4a

25.66

0.045

 IgA (ug/mL)

1156.9b

1294.5a

1202.4a

1193.4a

1117.6a

75.01

0.014

 IgM (ug/mL)

690.5b

840.9a

760.1a

719.3a

709.0a

27.63

0.007

  1. 1T1; basal diet, T2; basal diet + 0.3 mg/ kg feed sodium selenite, T3; basal diet + 0.3 mg/ kg feed ADS1 Se, T4; basal diet + 0.3 mg/ kg feed ADS2 Se, T5; basal diet + 0.3 mg/ kg feed ADS 18 Se
  2. a,b,c Means in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different