Table 5.

Serum biochemical parameters of broiler chicks fed varying contents of contaminated corn with or without absorbent

Items	TP (mg/mL)			ALB (g/L)			ALT (IU/L)			AST (IU/L)
	14 d	28 d	42 d	14 d	28 d	42 d	14 d	28 d	42 d	14 d	28 d	42 d
Dietary treatment
Control	18.2	26.6	27.0	10.2	15.6abc	12.9	4.26	1.28c	3.08	20.1	20.2	25.6ab
50% contaminated corn	16.0	24.3	25.0	9.0	14.5bc	12.6	4.02	2.82a	3.61	21.5	21.2	22.1b
100% contaminated corn	14.6	24.4	25.3	8.2	14.0c	12.4	4.40	2.13abc	3.32	21.01	19.7	26.8a
Control+1% absorbent	17.1	26.7	24.5	10.3	16.1ab	11.9	3.15	2.51abc	3.05	21.9	19.5	22.8b
50% contaminated corn+1% absorbent	18.1	28.6	29.1	11.4	16.8a	13.9	2.43	3.15a	2.91	21.6	17.5	24.0ab
100% contaminated corn+1% absorbent	19.0	25.6	30.4	11.4	16.2ab	14.4	2.95	1.68bc	3.19	22.2	17.0	23.2ab
SEM	0.55	0.45	0.80	0.34	0.31	0.28	0.27	0.18	0.20	0.45	0.38	0.50
Main effect mean
Contaminated corn (%)
0	17.6	26.6	25.8	10.3	15.8	12.4	3.71	1.90b	3.07	21.0	19.9	24.2
50	17.0	26.5	27.1	10.2	15.6	13.2	3.23	1.90b	3.26	21.6	19.4	23.1
100	16.8	25.0	27.8	9.83	15.1	13.4	3.68	2.99a	3.25	21.6	18.3	25.1
Absorbent (%)
0	16.3	25.1b	25.8	9.2b	14.7b	12.6	4.23a	2.08	3.33	20.9	20.4a	24.8
1	18.1	27.0a	27.9	11.0a	16.4a	13.4	2.85b	2.45	3.05	21.9	18.0b	23.4
Source of variation, p-value
Contaminated corn	0.80	0.20	0.48	0.87	0.49	0.35	0.68	0.04	0.89	0.78	0.28	0.22
Absorbent	0.11	0.04	0.19	0.02	0.03	0.19	0.02	0.16	0.43	0.30	0.02	0.18
Contaminated corn×absorbent	0.18	0.11	0.15	0.20	0.33	0.09	0.88	0.05	0.72	0.81	0.25	0.05

Means represent 10 cages per treatment and 2 birds per pen.

TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; SEM, pooled standard error of the means.

^a–cMeans in a column with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).