Table 3.
Effects of phytosterol supplementation on serum lipid level of white feather broilers.
| PS 2 (mg/kg) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items 1 (mmol/L) | 0 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | SEM 3 | P-Value |
| HDLC | 5.44 | 5.16 | 4.65 | 5.24 | 5.36 | 0.143 | 0.473 |
| LDLC | 1.87a | 1.70a | 1.37b | 1.34b | 1.45ab | 0.080 | 0.033 |
| TC | 6.71a | 6.18ab | 5.46b | 5.50b | 6.29ab | 0.164 | 0.047 |
| TG | 1.02a | 0.52b | 0.52b | 0.51b | 0.56b | 0.479 | 0.021 |
1
HDLC, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLC, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.
2
PS, phytosterols.
3
SEM, total standard error of means.
a-b
Means with different letters within a row differ significantly (P < 0.05).