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Table 3.

The concentrations of serum hormones and cytokines in broilers challenged with LPS

	TNF-α, fmol/mL	IL-1β, pg/mL	IL-6, ng/mL	GH, ng/mL	CORT, pg/mL	ACTH, pg/mL	IGF-І, ng/mL
Control	5.88 ± 0.09^a	0.087 ± 0.006^a	60.06 ± 6.87^a	1.37 ± 0.11^a	8.36 ± 0.67^a	5.91 ± 0.63^a	80.46 ± 4.78^b
LPS	9.45 ± 0.55^b	0.223 ± 0.041^b	83.93 ± 2.30^b	1.12 ± 0.03^b	10.26 ± 0.35^b	8.24 ± 0.83^b	71.53 ± 3.48^a
P-value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.047	0.047	0.030

^a,b In the same column, values with the same or no letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), while with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05)