Table 3.

Effects of graded levels of dietary squalene supplementation on the plasma biochemical parameters of broiler chickens.

Items	Squalene level (mg/kg)					SEM	P-values
	0	250	500	1,000	2,000		ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
21 d
Total protein (g/L)	26.67	29.46	29.73	30.34	28.17	0.665	0.444	0.418	0.098
Albumin (g/L)	18.51	19.90	22.94	21.79	21.27	0.621	0.190	0.091	0.120
Glucose (mmol/L)	15.89	16.19	16.43	16.98	15.73	0.332	0.806	0.851	0.345
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.758	0.750	0.768	0.753	0.695	0.019	0.805	0.398	0.440
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.04	4.79	5.12	5.48	5.16	0.155	0.756	0.422	0.929
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	6.97	6.87	6.92	7.37	7.18	0.153	0.685	0.201	0.902
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	20.00	21.02	19.80	18.68	18.47	0.620	0.717	0.246	0.663
42 d
Total protein (g/L)	34.65	37.86	35.55	36.67	33.73	0.622	0.245	0.483	0.091
Albumin (g/L)	17.78	18.93	17.46	17.20	19.12	0.382	0.402	0.725	0.398
Glucose (mmol/L)	15.29	17.40	16.75	16.89	16.43	0.318	0.305	0.426	0.107
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.697	0.655	0.717	0.785	0.782	0.027	0.516	0.134	0.720
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.22	4.51	4.12	4.79	4.72	0.136	0.468	0.202	0.766
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	8.13	8.92	9.12	9.26	9.07	0.197	0.403	0.120	0.230
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	29.54	30.65	34.83	30.50	32.72	1.024	0.512	0.403	0.474