Table 4.

Effect of different levels of thyme essential oil and antibiotic on triglyceride and cholesterol (mg/dL) based on the sex of quail in 35 d¹

	Triglyceride		Cholesterol
Treatments	Male	Female	Male	Female
Control	255.70a	1,564.0a	215.93	268.07
Antibiotic2	243.33ab	1,161.1b	188.60	257.73
T200	170.07abc	1,245.7ab	189.10	316.50
T300	156.27bc	1,091.7b	179.33	298.67
T400	143.93c	999.0b	185.90	309.00
P-value3	0.039	0.031	0.509	0.186
SEM	23.060	92.18	12.980	16.180
P-value for contrasts3
Control vs. antibiotic	0.997	0.128	0.703	0.994
Control vs. T200	0.229	0.285	0.716	0.408
Control vs. T300	0.135	0.063	0.461	0.774
Control vs. T400	0.082	0.024	0.631	0.557
Antibiotic vs. T200	0.355	0.977	1.000	0.246
Antibiotic vs. T300	0.218	0.989	0.991	0.557
Antibiotic vs. T400	0.135	0.814	0.999	0.358

¹All data are average of 5 replicates.

²Antibiotic is 100 ppm flavophospholipol. T200, T300, and T400 indicate the levels of 200, 300, and 400 ppm of Thymus vulgaris essential oil.

³Significance level (P < 0.05) by 95% confidence interval.

^abc Different superscripts indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) within the same column.