Figure 6From: Interaction of Salmonella Gallinarum and Salmonella Enteritidis with peripheral leucocytes of hens with different laying performanceExpression of immune related genes in whole blood after Salmonella inoculation. The graphs represent the 40-ΔCt of gene expression in avian whole blood at the respective time points in blood of WLA (A–E) and R11 chickens (F-J). The data of six different donors per chicken line analysed in independent experiments is presented as mean and SD. + indicates a significant difference compared to 0 min (p ≤ 0.05), * indicates a significant difference compared to untreated blood (p ≤ 0.05), $ indicates a significant difference compared to S. Gallinarum (p ≤ 0.05). Colour represents the respective pathogen: Blue: control; Green: S. Enteritidis; Red: S. Gallinarum.Back to article page