Identification of Key Genes in the Response to Salmonella enterica Enteritidis, Salmonella enterica Pullorum, and Poly(I:C) in Chicken Spleen and Caecum

Table 2

Immune indices of the experimental groups.

Groups	IL1-𝛼 (ng/L)	IFN-𝛾 (ng/L)	IgG (𝜇g/L)	IgM (mg/L)
Control (30)^2	213.20±6.79^1b	338.73±18.45^b	263.38±4.58^b	48.53±3.42^a
Group SE (17)	237.32±10.80^ab	404.19±26.01^a	263.08±5.29^b	44.71±5.44^a
Group SP (18)	232.55±10.91^ab	357.98±32.64^ab	282.91±8.46^a	56.63±6.49^a
Poly(I:C) (20)	239.24±11.83^a	383.04±19.32^ab	264.70±5.35^b	45.41±4.27^a

1Mean ± standard error; ²number of individuals in groups. In a given column, the same letter indicates that there is no significant difference (𝑃value≤0.05).