Table 5.
Effects of MCE on serum biochemical indices of Xuefeng black-bone chicken.1
| Item | Groups (MCE mg/kg) |
SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100 | 150 | 200 | |||
| TP (g/L) | 51.68 | 52.67 | 54.99 | 51.64 | 0.58 | 0.141 |
| ALB (g/L) | 24.96 | 25.53 | 26.36 | 25.08 | 0.22 | 0.135 |
| GLB (g/L) | 26.72 | 26.26 | 27.64 | 26.55 | 0.42 | 0.677 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.25 | 3.87 | 3.77 | 3.51 | 0.15 | 0.384 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 18.28 | 18.09 | 17.96 | 17.14 | 0.29 | 0.539 |
| Urea (mmol/L) | 0.88A | 0.68A,B | 0.36B | 1.02A | 0.07 | <0.01 |
| UA (μmol/L) | 161.83A,B | 139.38C | 151.39B,C | 175.83A | 2.87 | <0.01 |
| GLU (mmol/L) | 12.73a,b | 12.36b | 12.34b | 12.95a | 0.09 | 0.035 |
| AST (U/L) | 168.43 | 176.26 | 170.61 | 188.76 | 3.22 | 0.169 |
| ALT (U/L) | 90.79 | 87.93 | 89.48 | 92.22 | 0.93 | 0.422 |
| ALP (U/L) | 437.68 | 428.76 | 421.54 | 436.82 | 2.70 | 0.112 |
| Ca (mmol/L) | 6.22 | 5.35 | 5.65 | 6.17 | 0.14 | 0.079 |
| P (mmol/L) | 1.24 | 1.27 | 1.39 | 1.24 | 0.04 | 0.549 |
a,bMeans within a row with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).
A–CMeans within a row with no common superscripts indicate a highly significant difference (P < 0.01).
Abbreviations: ALB, albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GLB, globulin; GLU, glucose; MCE, Macleaya cordata extract; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; TP, total protein; UA, urea acid.
1
Group means were represented as the mean of the corresponding data from 6 replicates (2 birds per replicate for serum samples).