Table 3.

Trace element levels (µg/mL) in the blood plasma of pigeons among experimental groups

Comparable metals			Experimental groups					Trace element suppression (%)
	Control	Non-infected-MyE (500 mg/kg)		Infected		Infected-treated
					MyE (250 mg/kg)	MyE (500 mg/kg)	AMP	Infected- MyE (250 mg/kg)	Infected- MyE (500 mg/kg)	Infected-AMP
Fe	1.325 ± 0.35	1.650 ± 0.17		4.708 ± 0.16 a	3.871 ± 0.05 ab	2.987 ± 0.08 ab	3.037 ± 0.15 ab	17.77%	36.55%	35.49%
Cu	0.275 ± 0.02	0.300 ± 0.07		0.691 ± 0.03 a	0.411 ± 0.04 ab	0.358 ± 0.03 ab	0.375 ± 0.02 ab	40.52%	48.19%	45.73%
Cr	0.362 ± 0.03	0.343 ± 0.04		0.600 ± 0.06 a	0.423 ± 0.04 b	0.362 ± 0.03 b	0.383 ± 0.05 b	29.50%	39.66%	36.16%
Zn	0.452 ± 0.05	0.444 ± 0.10		0.702 ± 0.03 a	0.678 ± 0.05 b	0.575 ± 0.08 b	0.545 ± 0.03 ab	3.41%	18.09%	22.36%
Ni	0.025 ± 0.001	0.026 ± 0.001		0.053 ± 0.001 a	0.043 ± 0.001 ab	0.036 ± 0.001 ab	0.039 ± 0.002 ab	18.86%	32.07%	26.41%

^ap < 0.05, significant change concerning control, ^bp < 0.05, significant change concerning infected group