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Table 6.

Effect of interaction between time of introduction of feeds (post hatch) and strain on serum chemistry of broilers at 8 weeks.

Strain	Arbor	Acre		Marshal			SEM	P Value
Parameter	4 h	24 h	48 h	4 h	24 h	48 h
Glucose (mg/dl)	208.33	165.67	192.33	204.67	194.67	190.67	25.05	0.811
Total Protein (g/l)	58.00	59.60	55.45	60.10	61.80	58.15	0.96	0.946
Albumin (g/l)	33.25^bc	33.65^bc	31.35^c	41.50^a	36.25^b	32.65^bc	1.11	0.020
Globulin(g/l)	24.75^a	25.42^a	24.10^a	18.60^b	25.55^a	25.50^a	0.84	0.002
Alb/Glo	1.37^b	1.33^b	1.31^b	2.23^a	1.42^b	1.28^a	0.08	0.000
Uric acid (mg/dl)	4.40^b	4.23^b	3.50^c	4.70^b	4.45^a	5.90^a	0.19	0.000
Creatinine (mg/dl)	89.25^c	92.15^c	88.40^c	99.05^b	108.85^a	107.65^a	2.11	0.109
AST (Iu/L)	14.80^bc	13.07^c	12.95^c	14.50^bc	29.50^a	23.00^ab	2.74	0.030
ALT (Iu/L)	13.5^b	14.2^ab	13.5^b	14.5^ab	15.0^a	13.5^ab	0.04	0.397

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

AA- Arbor acre MS- Marshal; AST-Aspartate amino transferase; ALT- Alanine amino transferase; Alb/Glo- Albumin/Globumin.