“…The present findings are in line with the studies of Sypniewski et al (2020) and Kierończyk et al (2022c), who reported a significant reduction in the level of the inflammatory marker IL-6 (mediator of the acute phase response). Nevertheless, decreased IgG concentrations can be comparable to effects observed with the addition of salinomycin to broiler chicken diets (Bortoluzzi et al, 2023) or the incorporation of probiotic preparations in the feed or "in ovo" (Oladokun and Adewole, 2023). It is well known that challenged birds typically show elevated immunoglobulin levels in the blood serum (Zhang et al, 2023).…”