Table 3.
Serum biochemical parameters of six-week-old Jumbo quails fed diets containing mopane worm meal in place of soybean products.
| 2Parameters | 1Dietary treatments | Significance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MWM0 | MWM5 | MWM10 | MWM15 | 3SEM | Linear | Quadratic | |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.34 | 4.68 | 5.37 | 4.98 | 1.538 | 0.959 | 0.712 |
| Urea (mmol/L) | 1.19 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.46 | 0.300 | 0.612 | 0.954 |
| Calcium (mmol/L) | 3.53 | 2.99 | 6.11 | 3.21 | 1.473 | 0.903 | 0.834 |
| Total protein (g/L) | 52.26 | 49.38 | 53.31 | 55.31 | 3.481 | 0.417 | 0.367 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 21.31 | 15.56 | 19.75 | 16.69 | 3.187 | 0.544 | 0.702 |
| Globulin (g/L) | 37.13 | 34.31 | 33.53 | 38.75 | 2.082 | 0.389 | 0.284 |
| SDMA (µg/dL) | 21.13 | 17.69 | 17.21 | 21.56 | 2.918 | 0.753 | 0.071 |
| Creatinine (µmol/L) | 12.56 | 10.81 | 11.44 | 9.14 | 1.549 | 0.740 | 0.215 |
| Phosphorus (mmol/L) | 6.11 | 5.16 | 4.94 | 5.08 | 0.559 | 0.837 | 0.706 |
| ALB/GLOB | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.015 | 1.000 | 0.461 |
| ALT (U/L) | 35.83 | 50.57 | 43.00 | 44.33 | 12.54 | 0.967 | 0.639 |
| ALKP (U/L) | 211.1 | 215.1 | 219.7 | 172.9 | 18.40 | 0.840 | 0.072 |
| Bilirubin (µmol/L) | 9.14 | 11.25 | 10.79 | 13.29 | 3.135 | 0.506 | 0.982 |
1
Dietary treatments: MWM0 = a commercial grower diet with no mopane worm meal inclusion, MWM5 = a commercial grower diet in which 50 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal, MWM10 = a commercial grower diet in which 100 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal, and MWM15 = a commercial grower diet in which 150 g/kg of soybean products was replaced with mopane worm meal
2
Parameters: ALB/GLOB = albumin/globulin ratio, ALKP = alkaline phosphatase, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, SDMA = serum symmetric dimethylarginine.
3
SEM = standard error of the mean.