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Table 3.

Plasma biochemical profile of the different strains of broiler chickens at 48 d of age.

Items	B	D	H	M	E	SE	P-value
Proteins, g/L
Total protein,	30.00	33.00	32.00	32.00	32.13	0.83	0.16
Albumin,	11.25	12.87	13.13	12.63	12.25	0.55	0.16
Globulin	18.75	20.12	18.88	19.38	19.88	0.59	0.39
Ratio of albumin to globulin	0.60	0.64	0.70	0.66	0.62	0.03	0.33
Enzymes, U/L
Alkaline phosphatase	2,027.1	3,564.8	1,870.6	1,506.7	2,537.0	489.28	0.09
Amylase	318.0^b	594.9^a	431.1^a,b	382.5^b	414.6^a,b	45.46	<0.01
Aspartate transaminase	582.5^a	200.9^b	255.4^b	241.0^b	275.1^b	38.33	<0.01
Creatine kinase	42,287.5^a	5,088.6^c	12,963.1^c,b	10,043.3^c,b	18,009.0^b	3407.84	<0.01
Gamma-glutamyl transferase	15.25^b	21.88^a	21.00^a,b	18.25^a,b	21.88^a	1.45	0.01
Glutamate dehydrogenase	3.50^a	2.00^b	2.63^a,b	2.63^a,b	2.38^a,b	0.33	0.04
Lactate dehydrogenase	1,688.0^a	686.3^b	895.0^b	794.6^b	1,134.3^b	249.15	<0.01
Lipase	5.38	5.13	4.75	5.25	5.25	0.30	0.64
Metabolites, μmol/L
Bile acid	17.63	15.38	14.5	14.4	13.75	2.84	0.89
Cholesterol	3.21	3.19	3.15	3.06	3.25	0.11	0.79
Creatinine	33.50^a	23.63^b	22.50^b	20.50^b	21.25^b	2.20	<0.01
Glucose	13.51	13.58	14.10	13.91	13.53	0.32	0.61
Uric acid	297.13	341.50	265.13	282.75	324.13	36.84	0.60
CO₂	23.13	21.50	20.50	22.25	22.50	0.76	0.16
Electrolytes and minerals, mmol/L
Sodium	151.63	149.25	150.38	151.00	150.13	1.14	0.65
Potassium	6.73	6.95	7.18	6.81	7.01	0.19	0.49
Chloride	112.25	110.50	111.13	112.00	110.63	1.04	0.68
Calcium,	2.46	2.54	2.54	2.59	2.55	0.06	0.59
Phosphorus	1.80	1.98	1.96	1.97	1.87	0.05	0.07

^a-cMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

n = 8.

Abbreviations: B, conventional broiler chicken; D, H, M, and E, slow-growing broiler chickens.