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Table 4. Serum biochemistry, oxidative stress status and prolactin hormone in lactating rats supplemented with quail egg enriched with macroalgae E. spinosum.

Parameters	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	73.25 ± 14.00^a	77.50 ± 7.97^a	80.97 ± 2.96^a	70.27 ± 10.16^a	87.45 ± 17.10^a
HDL (mg/dl)	31.57 ± 2.76^a	34.83 ± 2.35^a	35.67 ± 0.93^a	33.23 ± 1.35^a	39.87 ± 4.10^a
LDL (mg/dl)	45.47 ± 4.71^a	51.63 ± 9.62^a	59.23 ± 1.40^a	52.67 ± 3.08^a	55.90 ± 8.46^a
Glucose (mg/dl)	52.93 ± 3.07^a	66.80 ± 7.97^a	89.57 ± 10.60^a	45.17 ± 15.47^a	90.40 ± 2.14^a
MDA (nmol/ml)	1.37 ± 0.10^a	1.26 ± 0.06^a	1.25 ± 0.64^a	1.25 ± 0.47^a	1.27 ± 0.05^a
SOD (ng/ml)	2.25 ± 0.15^a	1.93 ± 0.38^a	1.87 ± 0.23^a	2.06 ± 0.18^a	2.01 ± 0.20^a
Prolactin Hormone	86.69 ± 5.49^a	92.87 ± 10.60^a	84.75 ± 6.30^a	91.95 ± 7.56^a	83.96 ± 5.92^a

Note: The same superscript on the same line shows that it is not significantly different (p ˃ 0.05). T0: control treatment; T1: treatment with quail eggs enriched with commercial feed; T2: treatment with quail eggs enriched with commercial feed + 3% marine macroalgae E. spinosum; T3: treatment with quail eggs enriched with commercial feed + 4% marine macroalgae E. spinosum; T4: treatment with quail eggs enriched with commercial feed + 5% marine macroalgae E. spinosum.