Table 6.
Effects of dietary cinnamon bark meal (CN) on serum biochemistry (mg/dL) indices of broiler chickens at 10 days of age.
| Treatment 1 | Uric Acid | T3 | T4 | AST | ALT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2.71 2 | 3.79 | 4.92 | 197.44 | 11.35 |
| PC | 3.37 | 3.92 | 3.49 | 203.49 | 9.81 |
| 2000 CN | 2.74 | 4.09 | 3.96 | 198.49 | 12.95 |
| 4000 CN | 3.10 | 4.07 | 4.07 | 213.57 | 10.10 |
| 6000 CN | 2.90 | 3.92 | 4.86 | 235.59 | 9.96 |
| SEM 3 | 0.1707 | 0.1247 | 0.2287 | 12.273 | 0.463 |
| p-value | 0.7408 | 0.9472 | 0.6012 | 0.8042 | 0.1538 |
1 NC: negative control group = commercial feed, no additives by cinnamon powder; PC: positive control group = commercial feed, treated by antibiotic Colimox powder (mixture of amoxicillin and colistin at 200 and 150 mg/kg, respectively); 2000, 4000, and 6000 mg/kg treated groups = commercial feed, treated by cinnamon powder; 2 Mean of 8 chicks per treatment; 3 SEM, standard error of mean for treatments effect; T3: triiodothyronine; T4: thyroxine; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase.