Table 5.
Effects of light intensity on serum IL-6, TNF-α and corticosterone concentrations in chicks

Parameters Liglit intensity (lx) SEM1 P-values2
20 30 50
IL-6 (pg/mL) 42.32a 28.76b 19.12c 3.162 <0.05
TNF-a (pg/mL) 21.82 22.55 21.19 0.962 0.61
Corticosterone (ng/mL) 10.23a 5.49b 4.48b 0.466 <0.05
SEM, standard error of means.
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).
TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α ; IL-6, interleukin-6.