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.