Supplemental magnolol or honokiol attenuates adverse effects in broilers infected with Salmonella pullorum by modulating mucosal gene expression and the gut microbiota

Table 2 Effects of magnolol and honokil on immune organ index of broilers infected with S. pullorum

	CTL	SP	SPH	SPM	SEM	P-value
d 14
Liver weight, g	13.14	13.09	12.37	12.78	0.20	0.52
Liver index	3.44	3.57	3.49	3.61	0.05	0.71
Spleen weight, g	0.32^b	0.47^a	0.30^b	0.36^b	0.02	< 0.01
Spleen index	0.08^b	0.13^a	0.08^b	0.10^b	0.005	< 0.01
Bursa of Fabricus weight, g	0.77^b	0.99^a	0.77^b	0.83^b	0.03	0.03
Bursa of Fabricus index	0.20^b	0.27^a	0.22^b	0.23^ab	0.01	0.02
d 21
Liver weight, g	25.06	25.77	23.15	22.77	0.69	0.40
Liver index	3.66	3.79	3.48	3.30	0.10	0.34
Spleen weight, g	0.52	0.83	0.77	0.73	0.06	0.23
Spleen index	0.08	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.01	0.27
Bursa of Fabricus weight, g	1.70	1.94	1.70	1.54	0.07	0.35
Bursa of Fabricus index	0.25	0.29	0.25	0.22	0.01	0.34

All values are expressed as the means (n = 6). Means not sharing a common superscript letter within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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