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. 2020 Mar 19;10(3):513. doi: 10.3390/ani10030513

Table 6.

Blood parameters of Ross 308 broilers at 42 days of age fed diets containing 0, 1, 2, and 3% thyme (T3) and sumac from days 29–42.

Glucose (mg/dL) Uric acid (mg/dL) Total cholesterol (mg/dL) Triglycerides (mg/dL) HDL Cholesterol (High Density Lipoproteins) (mg/dL) LDL Cholesterol (Low Density Lipoproteins) (mg/dL) LDL/HDL
Treatment
Control 186.3a 3.85 174a 130a 91.8a 78.3a 0.86a
1% Thyme (T1) 160.5ab 3.05 152abc 126a 79.8ab 51.0b 0.64ab
2% Thyme (T2) 137.7b 2.87 158ab 118a 67.5b 52.2b 0.77ab
3% Thyme (T3) 129.0b 2.90 138bcd 58b 75.3b 51.5b 0.71ab
1% Sumac (S1) 136.0b 2.80 121d 60b 69.5b 40.2b 0.58ab
2% Sumac (S2) 153.7ab 3.00 128cd 41b 68.5b 39.0b 0.58ab
3% Sumac (S3) 139.7b 3.72 133cd 47b 73.0b 30.0b 0.43b
Standard Error of Mean 11.52 0.606 7.85 11.2 5.09 7.44 0.107
p-Value 0.03 0.80 0.001 <0.001 0.04 0.005 0.15

* In columns with superscripts, means without a common superscript differ significantly at p < 0.05.