Table 6.
Immune parameters of Snowy White chickens raised at high and low altitudes.
| Indicator | Rooster |
Hen |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High altitude | Low altitude | High altitude | Low altitude | |
| lgA (ng/mL) | 965.86±161.94 | 976.90±104.94 | 962.47±133.87 | 975.03±119.78 |
| lgM (ng/mL) | 465.24±59.82bc | 571.20±45.54a | 438.81±42.80c | 488.84±56.00b |
| lgG (ug/mL) | 22.16±1.92b | 29.06±4.02a | 22.49±2.52b | 27.98±3.21a |
| IL-6 (ng/L) | 3.16±0.45 | 3.30±0.59 | 3.41±0.37 | 3.48±0.50 |
| IL-4 (ng/L) | 14.80±2.08 | 15.01±2.41 | 15.22±2.27 | 14.17±1.26 |
Note: All results are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Different superscript letters within the same row indicate significant differences.