Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum on intestinal integrity and immune responses of egg-laying chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens under the free-range or the specific pathogen free environment

Table 7 Effects of LP and environment on biochemical parameters in serum of chickens after CP administration

	TP (g/L)			ALB (g/L)			T-SOD (U/mL)			AKP (Gold unit / 100 ml)			GOT (IU/L)
	1st	3rd	10th	1st	3rd	10th	1st	3rd	10th	1st	3rd	10th	1st	3rd	10th
SPFC	36.24	36.51	35.15	23.24	22.31	20.76	215.35	201.58	183.21	400.28	429.01	278.80	112.81	39.31	36.15
SPFL	28.35	29.82	30.26	19.99	14.65	19.70	157.82	148.21	172.31	293.35	270.47	345.13	94.71	18.45	13.09
FRC	40.70	34.00	48.21	22.79	21.31	22.54	168.76	170.59	194.69	647.49	788.63	656.74	73.38	36.59	29.51
FRL	30.97	34.71	33.39	19.91	18.99	20.84	157.82	151.64	165.56	305.02	524.97	362.01	32.04	24.97	17.05
SEM	0.899	0.425	1.630	0.306	0.825	0.403	6.250	4.795	3.166	36.526	53.607	38.121	4.869	1.265	1.798
Main effects
Environment
SPF	32.30	33.16	32.71	21.61	18.48	20.23	186.58	174.89	177.76	346.81	349.74	311.96	103.76	28.88	24.62
FRS	35.83	34.35	40.80	21.35	20.42	21.69	163.00	161.11	180.13	476.26	656.80	509.38	52.71	30.78	23.28
Lactobacillus
NLP	38.47	35.26	41.68	23.02	22.08	21.65	192.05	186.08	188.95	523.88	608.82	467.77	93.10	37.95	32.36
LP	29.66	32.26	31.82	19.95	16.82	20.27	157.53	149.92	168.94	299.19	397.71	353.57	63.38	21.71	15.35
P-value
Environment	0.085	0.199	0.038	0.679	0.275	0.108	0.096	0.189	0.718	0.114	0.021	0.032	0.001	0.475	0.717
Lactobacillus	0.001	0.008	0.016	0.001	0.013	0.125	0.025	0.005	0.013	0.015	0.084	0.173	0.016	0.000	0.001
Environment × Lactobacillus	0.623	0.002	0.166	0.770	0.184	0.702	0.103	0.110	0.188	0.146	0.637	0.045	0.267	0.106	0.171

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