Effects of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz. (dandelion) on growth performance, expression of genes coding for tight junction protein and mucin, microbiota composition and short chain fatty acids in ileum of broiler chickens

Table 3 Effects of dandelion on ileal immunity of broilers. (ng/g protein)

Items	Treatment group				SEM	P-Value
Items	CON	LD	HD	CTC	SEM	P-Value
21 day
sIgA	379.43	405.13	424.38	428.07	18.889	0.80
IL-1	40.02	36.98	39.74	42.60	1.465	0.67
IL-2	96.85	85.01	77.17	82.13	4.925	0.55
IL-10	31.25	43.83	41.18	43.47	2.720	0.36
TNF-α	44.86^ab	35.81^b	34.75^b	49.25^a	2.219	0.04
42 day
sIgA	381.33	371.96	442.15	476.59	18.078	0.11
IL-1	37.97	35.05	45.21	39.09	2.364	0.52
IL-2	66.75	73.81	80.64	66.35	4.254	0.63
IL-10	37.71	36.56	37.81	35.81	2.088	0.99
TNF-α	39.50	37.85	38.43	38.07	1.905	0.99

CON The control treatment, LD The low dose of dandelion treatment, HD The high dose of dandelion treatment, CTC The chlortetracycline treatment, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) within a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)

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