Table 5.

Main effect of time of introduction of feeds (post hatch) and strain on serum chemistry of broiler s at 8 weeks.

	Strain		SEM	P Value	Time			SEM	P Value
	AA	MS			4 h	24 h	48 h
Glucose (mg/dl)	188.78	201.33	14.46	0.551	206.50	180.17	198.50	17.72	0.574
Total Protein (g/l)	57.65b	60.02a	0.55	0.011	59.05a	60.70a	56.80b	0.68	0.005
Albumin (g/l)	32.75b	36.80a	0.64	0.001	37.38a	34.95a	32.00b	0.79	0.002
Globulin(g/l)	24.76	23.22	0.49	0.050	21.68b	25.48a	24.80a	0.60	0.002
Alb/Glo	1.33b	1.64a	0.05	0.000	1.80a	1.37b	1.29b	0.06	0.000
Uric acid (mg/dl)	4.04b	5.35a	0.11	0.000	4.55	4.84	4.70	0.13	0.323
Creatinine(mg/dl)	89.93b	105.18a	1.22	0.000	94.15b	100.50a	98.03ab	1.49	0.033
AST (Iu/L)	13.61b	22.33a	1.58	0.002	14.65	21.28	17.98	1.94	0.092
ALT (Iu/L)	13.7	14.3	0.02	0.072	14.0ab	14.7a	13.5b	0.03	0.044

^abcMean values in the same row having different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

AA- Arbor acre MS- Marshal; AST-Aspartate amino transferas; ALT- Alanine amino transferaseAlb/Glo-Albumin/Globulin.