Table 7.

Effect of diclazuril and/or lactoferrin on T. protein and its electrophoresis fractions and subfractions (g/dl) in broiler chickens experimentally infected with E. tenella.

Groups Parameters	G1: Control healthy group	G2: Infected non-treated	G3: Infected + Diclazuril	G4: Infected + LF	G5: Infected + LF + Diclazuril	p
T. protein	4.39 ± 0.15a	3.05 ± 0.09c	3.83 ± 0.17b	3.47 ± 0.22bc	3.67 ± 0.21b	<0.01**
Albumin	1.05 ± 0.03a	0.77 ± 0.03c	0.99 ± 0.07ab	0.84 ± 0.06bc	0.90 ± 0.05abc	<0.05*
Alpha 1	0.93 ± 0.04a	0.63 ± 0.01b	0.72 ± 0.01ab	0.70 ± 0.10ab	0.86 ± 0.16ab	0.167
Alpha 2	0.40 ± 0.03a	0.37 ± 0.04a	0.48 ± 0.03a	0.38 ± 0.10a	0.37 ± 0.08a	0.713
Total alpha	1.34 ± 0.03a	0.99 ± 0.03c	1.19 ± 0.02abc	1.08 ± 0.10bc	1.23 ± 0.08ab	<0.05*
Beta 1	0.40 ± 0.02a	0.34 ± 0.01a	0.39 ± 0.03a	0.38 ± 0.03a	0.37 ± 0.03a	0.508
Beta 2	0.34 ± 0.01a	0.25 ± 0.02b	0.35 ± 0.01a	0.31 ± 0.02a	0.35 ± 0.01a	<0.01**
Total beta	0.74 ± 0.02a	0.59 ± 0.02b	0.75 ± 0.03a	0.70 ± 0.04a	0.71 ± 0.03a	<0.05*
Gamma 1	0.99 ± 0.11a	0.51 ± 0.02b	0.63 ± 0.03b	0.62 ± 0.02b	0.60 ± 0.04b	<0.01**
Gamma 2	0.27 ± 0.03a	0.19 ± 0.01b	0.26 ± 0.01a	0.22 ± 0.03ab	0.24 ± 0.00ab	0.075
Total gamma	1.26 ± 0.14a	0.69 ± 0.03b	0.89 ± 0.05b	0.84 ± 0.04b	0.83 ± 0.04b	<0.01**
Total globulin	3.34 ± 0.15a	2.28 ± 0.07c	2.84 ± 0.09b	2.62 ± 0.16bc	2.77 ± 0.16b	<0.01**
A:G ratio	0.32 ± 0.02a	0.34 ± 0.01a	0.35 ± 0.02a	0.32 ± 0.01a	0.33 ± 0.01a	0.433

Data are presented as (Mean ± SE). n = 3 chickens; Mean values with different superscript letters in the same raw are significantly different at (p ≤ 0.05). *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.