Effect of dietary oridonin supplementation on growth performance, gut health, and immune response of broilers infected with Salmonella pullorum

Table 6 Effect of oridonin on IgG and IgA contents in jejunal mucosa of broilers challenged with S. pullorum

Items	Diet					SEM²	P-value
Items	CON	SCC	O1	O2	O3	SEM²	P-value
Day 7
IgG (μg/mgprot)	1.64^b	2.62^a	2.07^b	1.97^b	1.85^b	0.08	0.013
IgA (μg/mgprot)	2.43^b	4.17^a	3.87^b	2.77^b	2.48^b	0.14	0.021
Day 14
IgG (μg/mgprot)	2.17^b	4.28^a	2.67^b	2.41^b	2.19^b	0.18	0.014
IgA (μg/mgprot)	2.24^b	4.05^a	3.76^b	2.42^b	2.21^b	0.22	0.011
Day 21
IgG (μg/mgprot)	2.42^b	5.07^a	3.45^b	2.87^b	2.68^b	0.23	0.003
IgA (μg/mgprot)	2.05^b	2.41^a	1.92^b	1.74^b	1.54^b	0.21	0.011

¹CON = nonchallenge control, SCC = Salmonella-challenged control, O1 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 50 mg/kg ORI; O2 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 80 mg/kg ORI, O3 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 100 mg/kg ORI
²SEM = standard error of mean
^3,a,b,cValues within a row not sharing the same superscript are different at P < 0.05; n = 6

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