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. 2021 Feb 25;12:627499. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.627499

TABLE 5.

Serum total protein, albumin, globulin, and Alb./Glob. ratio in Nile tilapia, O. niloticus fed on diets with commercial immunostimulants for 8 weeks.

Items Control Yeast Plus® Sanolife PRO-F® Biotronic® Top3 Digestarom®
Total protein (g dl–1) 4.40e ± 0.02 5.87b ± 0.02 6.91a ± 0.08 5.43c ± 0.03 5.19d ± 0.02
Albumin (g dl–1) 2.68a ± 0.01 2.14d ± 0.01 1.70e ± 0.05 2.21c ± 0.03  2.33b ± 0.02
Globulin (g dl–1) 1.72e ± 0.01 3.73b ± 0.01 5.21a ± 0.16 3.22c ± 0.03 2.86d ± 0.01
Alb./glob. ratio 1.56a ± 0.02 0.57b ± 0.01 0.33c ± 0.03 0.69b ± 0.02 1.64a ± 0.02

Data represented as means ± SE (n = 15). Within rows, means with different superscripts a, b, c, and d indicating that their corresponding means are significantly different at P < 0.05.