Fermented rye with Agaricus subrufescens and mannan-rich hydrolysate based feed additive to modulate post-weaning piglet immune response

Table 6 Effects of dietary treatment¹ on cytokine IFN-γ and IL-10 concentration and their ratio in blood of piglets at different time points

Day	Parameter	Treatment	LSmeans	SEM	P-value
15	IFN-γ, pg/mL	Control	7.55	2.91	0.189
		FS	12.9	2.38
	IL-10, pg/mL	Control	11.9^a	2.42	0.028
		FS	3.53^b	1.98
	Ratio IFN-γ/IL-10	Control	0.823	1.27	0.041
		FS	5.08	1.14
30	IFN-γ, pg/mL	Control	4.48	0.816	0.377
		FS	3.54	0.577
	IL-10, pg/mL	Control	51.3^x	13.5	0.080
		FS	17.6^y	9.52
	Ratio IFN-γ/IL-10	Control	0.207	0.687	0.511
		FS	0.789	0.485
45	IFN-γ, pg/mL	Control	3.26	1.34	0.648
		FS	3.99	0.720
	IL-10, pg/mL	Control	6.46	2.28	0.934
		FS	6.24	1.22
	Ratio IFN-γ/IL-10	Control	0.479	0.189	0.416
		FS	0.801	0.003

SEM, standard error of the mean
^a,bDifferent superscripts within a column indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05)
^x,yDifferent superscripts within a row indicate a tendency difference (P < 0.1)
¹Dietary treatment = additional Fysal Solute (FS) at 2 kg/ton

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