Table 6.
Effect of dietary supplementation of ginseng by-products on serum immunoglobulin and corticosterone level in broilers under heat stress condition

Items3 Treatments2 SEM1
CON GB1 GB2 GLS1 GLS2
IgM (mg/mL) 7.22 9.47 21.0 22.8 15.8 11.48
IgG (mg/mL) 7.38 20.4 31.5 32.2 15.2 22.96
IgA (mg/mL) 256.6 250.5 235.0 213.5 226.9 29.52
Corticosterone (mg/mL) 680.3 620.1 324.3 611.5 445.4 347.7
SEM, standard error of means.
CON, basal diet; GB1, basal diet + ginseng berry 0.5%; GB2, basal diet + ginseng berry 1.0%; GLS1, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 0.5%; GLS2, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 1.0%.