The effect of carotenoid supplementation on immune system development in juvenile male veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

Table 2 Effects of family, treatment, and their interaction on the lysis and agglutination response of chameleon plasma (broken down by age)

Age	Independent variable	F	P
Week 4	Family	1.55	0.23
	Treatment	0.20	0.66
	Family x Treatment	4.83	0.044
Week 11	Family	4.30	0.056
	Treatment	0.12	0.73
	Family x Treatment	0.09	0.76
Week 14	Family	6.05	0.027
	Treatment	0.79	0.39
	Family x Treatment	0.86	0.37
Week 17	Family	9.81	0.0069
	Treatment	0.58	0.46
	Family x Treatment	0.32	0.58
Week 20	Family	2.18	0.16
	Treatment	1.21	0.29
	Family x Treatment	0.79	0.39

Lysis and agglutination responses were highly correlated and were collapsed into a single principal component score which explained 98% of the variation in these scores. Significant terms in bold, and all d.f. = 1,15.

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