Table 3 Least-squares means ± standard errors of total serum protein measured by a refractometer and quantitative ELISA results for treatments and sampling occasions (days post-inoculation)^a

% kelp meal

0.40^b

0.97^b

 1.50

7.91 ± 0.08

0.70 ± 0.05

 0.75

7.73 ± 0.08

0.67 ± 0.05

 0.0

7.85 ± 0.08

0.71 ± 0.05

Sampling occasion (dpi)

< 0.001^b

< 0.001^b

 0

–

0.47 ± 0.02 a

 31

6.89 ± 0.05 a

-^c

 56

7.49 ± 0.08 b

0.76 ± 0.06 b

 99

8.49 ± 0.10 c

0.99 ± 0.06 c

 155

8.35 ± 0.12 cd

0.85 ± 0.06 b

 366

8.05 ± 0.09 d

0.39 ± 0.04 a

 451

7.72 ± 0.09 b

-^c

Interaction

0.38^b

0.45^b