Table 4.
Blood biochemistry parameters of broiler chicks as affected by dietary garlic powder and phenyl acetic acid supplementation
Treatment | TP (g/dL) | Alb (g/dL) | Glb (g/dL) | TC (mg/dL) | HDL (mg/dL) | LDL (mg/dL) | Triglycerides (g/dL) | AST (μ/L) | ALT (μ/L) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 3.01b | 1.78 | 1.23b | 95.64a | 17.84c | 42.41a | 72.76 | 246.81a | 12.63 |
GP (g/kg) | |||||||||
0.25 | 4.06b | 2.55 | 1.51ab | 72.51bc | 26.67bc | 26.71b | 58.37 | 196.63b | 9.96 |
0.50 | 4.51ab | 2.58 | 1.93a | 64.75bc | 28.79ab | 24.23b | 50.18 | 170.55bc | 7.82 |
0.75 | 4.87a | 2.76 | 2.11a | 58.87c | 38.24a | 21.97b | 48.71 | 138.94c | 6.91 |
PA (g/kg) | |||||||||
0.25 | 4.22b | 2.31 | 1.91a | 71.63bc | 21.44bc | 30.76b | 55.42 | 186.88c | 8.24 |
0.50 | 4.21b | 2.49 | 1.72a | 63.21bc | 21.36bc | 27.65b | 61.78 | 201.07b | 10.63 |
0.75 | 3.96b | 2.19 | 1.77a | 81.17ab | 27.04bc | 24.91b | 58.21 | 172.34bc | 9.98 |
SEM | 1.549 | 0.546 | 0.164 | 14.758 | 5.589 | 13.954 | 21.134 | 38.619 | 3.765 |
Pr>f | 0.002 | 0.198 | 0.029 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.149 | 0.005 | 0.221 |
TP, total protein; Alb, albumin; Glb, globulin; TC, total cholesterol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; AST, aspartate-aminotransferase; ALT, alanine-aminotransferase; GP, garlic powder; PA, phenyl acetic; SEM, standard error of the mean.
Means within the same column with different common superscripts differ.