Table 9.

Effects of MLE addition to diet on liver biochemical indexes of broilers.

	MLE supplementation to diet/(mg/kg)					P value
Items	0	400	800	1,200	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
21 d of age/(mmol/L)
TG	1.77	1.83	1.72	1.77	0.21	0.966	0.861	0.995
TC	1.10a	1.01ab	0.97b	0.98b	0.04	0.039	0.013	0.115
56 d of age/(mmol/L)
TG	1.79	1.93	2.11	1.81	0.18	0.309	0.676	0.111
TC	1.32a	1.26a	1.01b	1.08b	0.06	<0.001	<0.001	0.172

Abbreviations: TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.

^a,bWith a row, values with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05). n = 6.