Table 4. Plasma cytokines and acute phase protein levels in control and treatment group goats.

	Diet
Parameters	LC	HC	P-value
IL-6(μg/mL)	221.32±42.63	345.45±56.33	0.163
TNF-α(ng/mL)	715.42±49.67	984.36±130.46	0.126
SAA(μg/mL)	90.62±15.67	246.04±37.37	0.020
HP(μg/mL)	209.50±21.99	307.54±35.77	0.087
LBP(ng/mL)	23.32±6.10	34.48±5.74	0.163

LC, low concentrate; HC, high concentrate; HP, haptoglobin; IL-6, interleukin-6; LBP, lipopolysaccharide binding protein; SAA, serum amyloid A protein; TNF-α, tumour necrosises factor α. Values are mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM), n = 4/group.