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Table 4 Effect of dietary mannanoligosaccharide supplementation on peripheral lymphocyte subpopulations of dogs

From: Effect of dietary mannanoligosaccharide supplementation on nutrient digestibility, hindgut fermentation, immune response and antioxidant indices in dogs

Lymphocytes (%)

Dietary groups

Significance

CON

MOS

CD3

81.73 ± 1.07

82.04 ± 0.97

NS

CD4+

43.70a ± 0.29

45.64b ± 0.20

*

CD8+

17.20 ± 0.31

16.00 ± 0.22

NS

CD4+:CD8+

2.54a ± 0.06

2.85b ± 0.05

*

  1. CON control diet, MOS control diet + mannanoligosaccharide at 15 g/kg diet
  2. abMeans bearing different superscripts in a row differ significantly; *P < 0.05, NS non-significant; P > 0.05