Table 6.

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

Items	AKP (U/dL)			γ-GT (U/L)
	14 d	28 d	42 d	14 d	28 d	42 d
Dietary treatment
Control	368	380	93.7	13.2	31.6a	32.8
50% contaminated corn	340	421	264	13.0	20.0c	34.1
100% contaminated corn	320	373	187	13.9	25.5cb	35.1
Control+1% absorbent	214	317	119	14.4	24.3bc	33.4
50% contaminated corn+1% absorbent	388	334	247	15.2	28.8ab	39.7
100% contaminated corn+1% absorbent	219	175	112	15.8	27.9ab	43.4
SEM	27.1	26.9	23.2	0.53	0.80	1.48
Main effect mean
Contaminated corn (%)
0	291	348	106b	13.8	27.9	33.1
50	364	378	150b	14.1	24.4	36.9
100	270	274	256a	14.9	26.7	39.2
Absorbent (%)
0	343	391a	182	13.4	25.7	34.0
1	274	275b	159	15.1	27.0	38.8
Source of variation, p-value
Contaminated corn	0.19	0.28	0.02	0.65	0.09	0.36
Absorbent	0.39	0.21	0.19	0.80	0.07	0.22
Contaminated corn×absorbent	0.34	0.52	0.76	0.81	0.04	0.52

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

AKP, alkaline phosphatase; γ-GT, γ-glutamyl transferase; SEM, pooled standard error of the means.

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