Table 4. Effect of light intensity on serum cytokines and corticosterone concentration of broilers at 35 d of age

Parameters Light intensity (lx) SEM p-value
5 20 35 50
Cytokine (pg/mL)
 IL-6 46.87a 29.99b 30.31b 29.15b 2.540 < 0.05
 TNF-α 76.63 74.66 74.73 72.48 2.743 0.766
Cortisol (ng/mL)
 Corticosterone 13.70a 10.90b 9.96b 9.93b 0.014 < 0.05
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).
IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.