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Table 3.

The effect of dietary supplementation of AlphaGal to low energy diet on the immune status and lipid profile of broiler chickens

Item	Energy		P-value	AlphaGal (mg/kg diet)		P-value	Energy × AlphaGal				P-value	SEM
Item	RED	LED	P-value	0	50	P-value	RED+ 0 AlphaGal	RED+ 50 AlphaGal	LED+ 0 AlphaGal	LED+ 50 AlphaGal	P-value	SEM
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	55.21^b	84.950^a	0.02	70.51	69.65	0.93	57.49	60.27	90.86	79.03	0.34	6.14
Immune response
IgM (mg/dL)	99.84	89.55	0.796	114.23	75.16	0.31	94.77	103.00	131.76	47.33	0.45	18.53
Complement 3 (mg/dL)	89.67	102.69	0.514	110.12	82.24	0.14	110.00	78.01	118.91	86.48	0.405	9.84
Interleukin 10 (pg/mL)	0.18	0.15	0.44	0.16	0.17	0.69	0.14	0.22	0.17	0.13	0.43	0.02
Lipid profile
TG (mg/dL)	94.74^a	61.32^b	0.01	86.58	69.47	0.14	122.45^a	75.97^ab	59.66^b	62.98^b	0.02	9.63
TC (mg/dL)	202.86	218.64	0.55	215.69	205.81	0.68	204.29	194.96	220.61	216.66	0.82	10.88
LDL (mg/dL)	127.31	131.85	0.813	129.75	129.41	0.98	133.63	124.22	129.09	134.61	0.979	10.10
HDL (mg/dL)	60.58^a	50.77^b	0.02	64.98^a	46.37^b	0.001	70.93^a	45.88^b	54.67^b	46.87^b	0.01	2.06

^a,b,c,d)Means within the same column carrying different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)

RED Recommended energy diet, LED Low energy diet “–120 kcal/kg diet”

TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein