Table 3.
Serum parameters (metabolic/health markers) of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) following 12 weeks of either standard or high-fat diet feeding1)2),3)
| Serum parameters | Dietary groups | |||||
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| STD | CO | L | PO | SO | SuO | |
| Uric (mg/dL) | 7.3 (1.9) | 7.3 (3.1) | 5.0 (1.4) | 4.6 (1.9) | 6.1 (2.8) | 7.4 (2.9) |
| TPro (g/dL) | 3.1 (0.3) | 3.6 (0.8) | 3.1 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.7) | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.0 (0.4) |
| Alb (g/dL) | 0.6 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.4) | 0.7 (0.4) | 0.7 (0.3) | 1.0 (0.4) | 0.6 (0.2) |
| AST (U/L) | 608.5 (123.1) | 457.4 (160.8) | 494.0 (196.6) | 400.2 (101.3) | 521.0 (207.1) | 408.5 (138.2) |
| TBil (mg/dL) | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 0.2 (0.1–1.3) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 (0.1–0.8) | 0.1 (0.1–0.6) | 0.1 (0.1–0.2) |
| Chol (mg/dL) | 206.0 (179.0–358.5) | 226.0 (201.5–235.5) | 195.0 (186.0–202.3) | 184.5 (156.0–205.0)* | 203.5 (178.0–218.0) | 207.0 (189.0–217.5) |
| Trig (mg/dL) | 238.4 (65.8) | 130.7 (48.0)# | 148.9 (64.7)* | 144.7 (54.7)** | 108.7 (38.0)*** | 120.1 (41.8)*** |
STD, standard diet; CO, coconut oil; L, lard; PO, palm oil; SO, soyabean oil; SuO, sunflower oil; Uric, uric acid; TPro, total protein; Alb, Albumin; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Tbil, total bilirubin; Chol, cholesterol; Trig, triglycerides.
Cholesterol and triglyceride data published in a previous manuscript, based on the same birds in a study performed by our lab (Donaldson et al [13]).
n = 10 (soyabean oil, palm oil and coconut oil groups); n = 9 (sunflower oil and standard diet groups); n = 7 (lard group).
Data represented as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range).
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001 when comparing the various high-fat diet groups to the standard diet group.