Table 4.
Effects of light intensity on serum IL-6, TNF-α and corticosterone concentrations in chicks at the age of 7 day
Parameters | Photoperiod (L/D) | SEM1 | P-values2 |
24 L | 22 L/2D | 18 L/6D |
IL-6 (pg/mL) | 31.6 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 1.97 | 0.36 |
TNF-α (pg/mL) | 23.7 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 0.79 | 0.22 |
Corticosterone (ng/mL) | 12.4a | 10.8ab | 9.96b | 0.591 | <0.05 |
SEM, standard error of means.
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).