Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 8 Effect of n-3 PUFA enrichment on relative lymphoid organ weight in IBD challenged broiler chickens.

From: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids enrichment alters performance and immune response in infectious bursal disease challenged broilers

	Spleen			Bursa of Fabricius
Treatment	Pre-challenge	7 days post-challenge	14 days post-challenge	Pre-challenge	7 days post-challenge	14 days post-challenge
T1 ^†	0.10 ± 0.004	0.06 ± 0.003 ^b	0.08 ± 0.008	0.18 ± 0.005	0.11 ± 0.009	0.04 ± 0.004
T2	0.10 ± 0.010	0.09 ± 0.009 ^ab	0.08 ± 0.010	0.23 ± 0.007	0.10 ± 0.010	0.05 ± 0.005
T3	0.11 ± 0.008	0.09 ± 0.008 ^ab	0.09 ± 0.011	0.22 ± 0.02	0.11 ± 0.010	0.05 ± 0.002
T4	0.09 ± 0.009	0.12 ± 0.008 ^a	0.09 ± 0.010	0.22 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.009	0.04 ± 0.004

^† Dietary n-3 PUFA level of 0.5 (T1), 8.0 (T2), 11.5 (T3), 16.5% (T4). n = 8 birds/treatment.
^a-b Means within a column with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

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