Table 5.

Effect of Rumex nervosus leaves meal (RN) on serum biochemical indices of female birds on day 10 of age.¹

Items	Rumex nervosus leaves, mg/kg				SEM	P value
	0	1,000	3,000	5,000		RN	Linear	Quadratic
Total protein, g/dl	4.36	4.29	4.20	4.55	0.728	0.969	0.838	0.690
Albumin, g/dl	1.44b	1.82a	2.31a	2.33a	0.096	<0.001	<0.001	0.017
Uric acid, mg/dl	2.17	2.82	2.33	2.08	0.413	0.311	0.569	0.139
AST, U/L	197	222	212	204	35.97	0.909	0.947	0.523
ALT, U/L	11.4	11.4	12.8	12.5	1.138	0.496	0.200	0.854

^a-bIt indicates significant differences (P < 0.05) when compared each RN level to the non-supplemented control diet.

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase.

¹Data are means of 8 chicks per treatment (1 bird/replicate).