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Table 6 Effects of dietary FD supplementation on serum inflammatory cytokines contents of broilers

From: Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Item(pg/ml)	CON	LFD	HFD	SEM	P-value
21 d
IFN-γ	228.68^a	206.90^ab	190.70^b	5.999	0.023
IL-8	221.98	212.97	200.33	6.108	0.370
IL-10	83.78	75.87	81.48	3.314	0.637
IL-1β	103.31	102.96	93.50	2.882	0.306
TNF-ɑ	100.92^a	93.85^a	81.12^b	2.918	0.009
42 d
IFN-γ	188.28	192.25	180.98	3.673	0.500
IL-8	189.95^x	186.00^xy	163.71^y	5.181	0.090
IL-10	71.14	71.73	71.64	4.081	0.998
IL-1β	99.44	81.13	80.34	5.302	0.255
TNF-ɑ	98.68	90.94	86.70	3.105	0.302

CON Basal diet, LFD Basal diet + 500 mg/kg FD, HFD Basal diet + 1000 mg/kg FD, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
^x,yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)

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