Table 6 Effect of dietary fermented garlic solution on blood composition in laying hens

FGS (%) ALB(g/dL) AST(IU/L) ALT(IU/L) NF(mg/dL) CHOL(mg/dL) HDL(mg/dL) IL-2 mRNA CD4+/CD8+
0 2.41 144.53 4.78 2,192.92a 196.22a 9.61b 1.10c 1.27b
0.05 2.35 143.31 4.26 1,813.44ab 178.73ab 12.94b 2.17b 1.62b
0.10 2.70 134.61 5.51 1,328.66bc 154.77bc 25.91a 3.30a 2.94a
0.20 2.49 126.42 4.77 1,076.75c 146.65c 20.50a 2.94a 2.54a
SEM 0.11 3.35 0.41 138.19 6.28 2.35 0.26 0.20
P-value 0.75 0.19 0.79 0.01 0.01 0.04 <0.01 <0.01
a∼c Value with the different letters in the row are significantly different at 5% level. FGS: fermented garlic solution, ALB: albumin, AST: aspartate amino transferase, ALT: alanine amino transaminase, NF: neutral fat, CHOL: cholesterol, HDL: high density lipoprotein cholesterol. IL-2: interleukin 2, CD4+: T help cell, CD8+: cytotoxic cell.