Table 6 Effect of advanced chelate technology-based trace minerals (ACTM) on serum levels of immunoglobulins (ng/mL) observed at 13 and 24 days of age observed in broiler chickens infected with a mixture of Eimeria species at 14 days of age.

Item	NC²	Coccidiosis-challenged groups¹				SEM	P-value
Item	NC²	PC	SAL	ACTM50	ACTM100	SEM	P-value
Day 13
IgG	210.3	214.7	217.5	209.8	223.8	11.72	0.912
IgM	60.6^b	59.7^b	80.2^a	69.8^ab	68.2^ab	3.50	0.002
IgA	87.1	84.5	106.8	88.8	95.3	9.22	0.457
Day 24
IgG	262.8^c	885.5^b	1106.9^a	1015.2^ab	1066.2^ab	45.2	< 0.001
IgM	83.7^b	81.9^b	114.1^a	90.1^ab	96.3^ab	7.22	0.029
IgA	103.0^c	334.5^b	386.1^a	378.7^ab	386.2^a	10.92	< 0.001

Means within a row not sharing the same superscript are different at P < 0.05. Values are means of 6 replicates (cages) per treatment and 2 birds per replicate.
¹Coccidiosis-challenged groups contained: PC, commercially recommended levels of inorganic trace minerals (ITM); SAL, basal diet with commercially recommended levels of inorganic trace minerals and supplemented with salinomycin; ACTM50, ACTM match to 50% of the ITM in the PC diet; and ACTM100, ACTM match to 100% of the ITM in the PC diet.
²NC: unchallenged control group with commercially recommended levels of ITM.

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