Table 3.

Blood plasma chemistry and cytokine levels in straight run White Pekin ducks after 33 days of growth ¹.

	Packed Cell Volume	Total Protein	Calcium	Phosphorus	Glucose	Alkaline Phosphatase	Creatinine Kinase	Aspartate Aminotransferase	Glutamate Dehydrogenase
Units	%	g/dL	mg/dL	mg/dL	mg/dL	U/L	U/L	U/L	U/L
CS	33.42	3.00	9.98	7.98 abc	199.75	813.33	940.42	17.33	3.27
XS	32.42	3.00	10.03	8.18 ab	204.17	914.67	711.58	17.08	3.17
AS	34.00	3.00	9.93	7.77 bc	204.08	896.08	964.50	16.83	3.83
CN	30.00	3.01	9.72	8.43 a	206.67	870.42	817.83	14.08	2.75
XN	32.25	3.00	10.02	7.56 cd	202.25	1010.92	1028.17	15.75	2.66
AN	32.58	3.02	9.81	7.20 d	205.00	826.10	929.40	16.40	2.50
Pooled Standard Error of the Mean	1.05	0.01	0.17	0.16	3.61	52.47	114.68	1.39	0.34
Main Effect Heat
Heat	33.28	3.00	9.98	7.98	202.67	874.69	872.17	17.08	3.43 a
No Heat	31.66	3.01	9.85	7.76	204.62	924.88	924.88	15.35	2.64 b
Main Effect Diet
Control	31.78	3.00	9.85	8.21 a	203.21	879.13	879.13	15.71	3.00
XPC	32.33	3.00	10.03	7.87 b	203.21	869.88	869.88	16.42	2.91
AviCare	33.29	3.01	9.87	7.51 c	204.50	948.55	948.55	16.64	3.23
p-Value Heat	0.063	0.143	0.364	0.087	0.507	0.531	0.610	0.147	0.008
p-Value Diet	0.342	0.448	0.528	≤0.001	0.916	0.059	0.807	0.791	0.768
p-Value Heat–Diet	0.325	0.448	0.778	0.003	0.454	0.292	0.184	0.591	0.418

^a,b,c Values with different letters within a row indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05. ¹ CS: Heat-stressed 21–35 d, no supplementation; XS: Heat-stressed 21–35 d and supplemented with XPC (1.25 kg/metric ton feed, 0–35 d); AS: Heat-stressed 21–35 d and supplemented with AviCare (160 mL/100 L drinking water, 0–35 d); CN: Thermoneutral environment 0–35 d, no supplementation; XN: Thermoneutral environment 0–35 d and supplemented with XPC (1.25 kg/metric ton feed, day 0–35); AN: Thermoneutral environment 0–35 d and supplemented with AviCare (160 mL/100 L drinking water, day 0–35). Means represent the average of duplicate assays performed on 12 samples per treatment.