Table 5.

Effects of dietary squalene supplementation on the plasma biochemical parameters of diquat-challenged broilers.

Items	Treatments			SEM1	P-value
	CON	DQ	DQ + SQ
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L	7.62b	11.09a	7.98b	0.41	<0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L	14.87b	28.61a	21.12b	1.67	<0.001
Total bilirubin, μmol/L	3.93c	30.64a	17.09b	2.88	<0.001
Total protein, g/L	33.22	36.08	37.91	1.56	0.492
Albumin, g/L	17.06	19.47	19.03	0.75	0.401
Glucose, mmol/L	13.74	14.62	14.61	0.40	0.605
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	4.96	5.30	5.80	0.26	0.439
Triglyceride, mmol/L	0.543	0.510	0.803	0.060	0.088

^a–cMeans within a row with different superscripts are different at P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: CON, nonchallenged broilers fed with a basal diet; DQ, diquat-challenged broilers fed with a basal diet; DQ + SQ, diquat-challenged broilers fed with a basal diet supplemented with 1.0 g/kg of squalene.

¹n = 6.