Table 5.
Effects of dietary alfalfa flavonoids supplement on serum biochemical indexes of Yangzhou geese at the age of 28 to 70 days.
| Item | Groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| TC, mmol/L | 3.92 ± 0.57a | 3.63 ± 0.43ab | 3.20 ± 0.62b | 3.18 ± 0.47b |
| TG, mmol/L | 1.07 ± 0.27a | 0.89 ± 0.35ab | 0.73 ± 0.36b | 0.90 ± 0.27ab |
| HDL, mmol/L | 1.50 ± 0.26b | 1.73 ± 0.25a | 1.76 ± 0.40a | 1.47 ± 0.23b |
| LDL, mmol/L | 1.12 ± 0.30a | 1.01 ± 0.34b | 1.04 ± 0.27b | 1.02 ± 0.33b |
| UN, mmol/L | 8.13 ± 0.19a | 8.01 ± 0.12a | 7.62 ± 0.13b | 7.70 ± 0.15b |
| TP, g/L | 45.08 ± 4.39 | 45.24 ± 2.04 | 46.89 ± 5.52 | 44.70 ± 6.15 |
| ALB, g/L | 14.37 ± 0.99 | 15.71 ± 0.67 | 15.28 ± 1.25 | 14.40 ± 1.02 |
| GLB, g/L | 30.11 ± 3.65 | 30.52 ± 1.84 | 31.62 ± 4.74 | 30.30 ± 5.82 |
| A:G | 0.47 ± 0.04 | 0.52 ± 0.03 | 0.49 ± 0.06 | 0.49 ± 0.07 |
| ALT, IU/L | 14.10 ± 1.67 | 14.55 ± 1.99 | 16.27 ± 1.33 | 19.70 ± 1.32 |
| AST, IU/L | 54.00 ± 8.58 | 55.45 ± 10.56 | 64.75 ± 10.77 | 61.20 ± 13.36 |
| ALP, IU/L | 743.50 ± 29.86 | 748.30 ± 58.11 | 748.33 ± 27.25 | 742.50 ± 58.89 |
TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglycerides; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; UN = urea nitrogen; TP = total serum protein; ALB = albumin; GLB = globulin; A:G = albumin:globulin; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALP = alkaline phosphatase.
a,b In the same row, values with different small letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05), while with the same or no letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05).