Table 6.

Plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, and LDL values of broilers supplemented with aqueous extract of Prunus armeniaca.

Groups	0 day	21st day	42nd day
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
Control	184.50 ± 10.50	193.00c ± 06.09	189.75c ± 10.54
T1	184.75 ± 09.19	175.25ab ± 05.55	159.25b ± 04.84
T2	185.25 ± 11.03	174.75ab ± 13.13	153.25ab ± 04.58
T3	186.50 ± 09.57	166.75a ± 05.46	147.00a ± 07.22
T4	184.25 ± 11.50	175.25ab ± 15.63	166.25b ± 05.02
T5	186.25 ± 10.75	173.00ab ± 15.86	168.75b ± 04.05
T6	185.75 ± 10.15	179.75b ± 10.11	169.25b ± 04.78
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
Control	124.50 ± 2.50	126.50b ± 2.21	121.50b ± 1.25
T1	125.75 ± 3.27	123.75ab ± 2.46	116.25ab ± 2.17
T2	124.25 ± 3.27	124.50ab ± 3.12	120.75b ± 1.25
T3	123.50 ± 2.59	118.25a ± 1.03	111.50a ± 1.84
T4	124.75 ± 1.10	122.75ab ± 1.25	115.75ab ± 2.32
T5	123.25 ± 1.25	122.25ab ± 1.43	120.00b ± 1.47
T6	124.50 ± 2.50	126.50b ± 2.21	121.50b ± 1.25
HDL (mg/dL)
Control	18.26 ± 0.40	21.81 ± 0.44	23.45 ± 0.51
T1	18.52 ± 0.51	22.27 ± 0.47	24.12 ± 0.49
T2	17.84 ± 0.49	22.90 ± 0.55	23.81 ± 0.60
T3	18.90 ± 0.46	23.04 ± 0.51	25.19 ± 0.58
T4	17.89 ± 0.42	22.10 ± 0.55	24.33 ± 0.60
T5	18.12 ± 0.50	22.65 ± 0.57	25.00 ± 0.62
T6	18.55 ± 0.40	22.37 ± 0.38	24.26 ± 0.55
LDL (mg/dL)
Control	45.19 ± 0.79	41.32 ± 0.76	40.11 ± 0.84
T1	46.11 ± 0.82	40.16 ± 0.90	39.85 ± 0.82
T2	45.80 ± 0.85	41.03 ± 0.90	40.10 ± 0.78
T3	46.31 ± 0.91	39.56 ± 0.95	38.83 ± 0.90
T4	45.21 ± 0.90	40.76 ± 0.92	40.21 ± 0.89
T5	46.07 ± 0.87	41.09 ± 0.90	39.74 ± 0.92
T6	45.89 ± 0.91	40.70 ± 0.95	39.45 ± 0.93

C, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, and T6 represent groups of chickens received aqueous extract of Prunus armeniaca in drinking water at concentration level of 0, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, and 800 mg/kg body weight of chicken, respectively.

Results are presented as mean ± S.E, n = 8.

Means bearing the different superscripts (^{a, b, c}) in a columns differ significantly (P < 0.05).