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Table 4.

Effects of cadmium chloride on serum biochemistry of laying hens.

Item	Dietary Cd dosage, mg/kg					P-value	SEM
Item	0.47	7.58	15.56	30.55	60.67	P-value	SEM
ALB, g/L	20.85^a	20.33^a	21.36^a	21.23^a	15.11^b	0.001	1.131
TP, g/L	52.45	50.62	55.49	52.26	51.83	0.817	4.107
GOT, IU/L	24.20^d	26.55^c,d	31.59^b,c	33.99^b	42.70^a	<0.001	1.963
GPT, IU/L	0.92	1.00	1.02	1.40	1.79	0.078	0.304
ALP (King Unit²/100 mL)	21.8^a,b	24.99^a	14.34^b,c	10.83^c	6.73^c	<0.001	2.480
TBA μmol/L	8.44^b	8.08^b	8.76^b	12.33^a,b	15.87^a	0.017	2.110

^a-cMeans within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Values are represented as the mean and SEM (n = 8).

Abbreviations: ALB, albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; GOT, aspartate aminotransferase; GPT, alanine aminotransferase; TBA, total bile acid; TP, total protein.