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Table 4.

Effect of different levels of pennyroyal, savory, thyme essential oils and antibiotic on triglyceride and cholesterol (mg/dl) based on the sex of quail chicks in 35 d.

Treatments^∗	Triglyceride		Cholesterol
Treatments^∗	Male	Female	Male	Female
Control	255.70	1564.00^a	215.93^ab	268.07^ab
Antibiotic	243.33	1161.10^abcde	188.60^bc	257.73^ab
P200	248.33	1456.90^ab	185.27^bc	271.87^ab
P300	233.53	1110.00^bcde	243.87^a	207.57^b
P400	166.43	1224.00^abcde	209.83^ab	256.67^ab
S200	211.97	1346.50^abc	157.97^c	253.80^ab
S300	221.17	829.20^e	176.77^bc	310.67^a
S400	184.27	893.30^de	193.40^bc	299.67^a
T200	170.07	1245.70^abcd	189.10^bc	316.50^a
T300	156.27	1091.70^bcde	179.33^bc	298.67^a
T400	143.93	999.00^cde	185.90^bc	309.00^a
P-Value	0.08	0.008	0.02	0.01
SEM	28.60	123.50	13.64	18.40

^abcde Different superscripts indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) within the same column.

^∗

Antibiotic is 100 ppm Flavophospholipol. P200, P300, P400 indicate the levels of 200, 300 and 400 ppm of Mentha pulegium essential oil. S200, S300, S400 indicate the levels of 200, 300 and 400 ppm of Satureja hortensis essential oil. T200, T300, T400 indicate the levels of 200, 300 and 400 ppm of Thymus vulgaris essential oil.