Table 4.
Selected serum biochemical profiles in broiler chickens at 21 days of age.
| Constituent | Dietary treatments | SEM | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | YCW | AF | AF + YCW | |||
| Total protein (g/L) | 27.5a | 28.9a | 19.4c | 22.3b | 1.65 | 0.002 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 11.9a | 12.4a | 8.4b | 9.1b | 0.03 | 0.001 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 471.2a | 490.9a | 388.1b | 398.6b | 20.9 | 0.009 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 148.8a | 151.7a | 91.1b | 106.1b | 3.75 | 0.005 |
| AST (U/L) | 140.7c | 146.6c | 227.5a | 185.3b | 7.38 | 0.007 |
| ALT (U/L) | 14.3 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 1.00 | 0.377 |
Mean of five replicates of three chicks each per treatment (n = 15). Means, within the same row, not sharing a common superscript differ significantly (Tukey test p < 0.05).
AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase.