Table 3.
Mean levels of hormones, metabolites, and liver enzymes of Nicobari chickens subjected to different treatments.
| Days 1 | CR2 | CH2 | SH2 |
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| Plasma leptin (ng/mL) | |||
| 10 | 3.34a ± 0.14 | 1.04b ± 0.12 | 3.83c ± 0.11 |
| 20 | 3.66a ± 0.12 | 1.81b ± 0.09 | 4.09c ± 0.10 |
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| Plasma ghrelin (pg/mL) | |||
| 10 | 61.39a ± 0.92 | 30.58b ± 0.81 | 62.27a ± 1.34 |
| 20 | 75.74a ± 0.75 | 55.91b ± 0.87 | 63.86c ± 1.5 |
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| Plasma GH (ng/mL) | |||
| 10 | 3.09a ± 0.12 | 4.07b ± 0.15 | 4.12b ± 0.11 |
| 20 | 3.71a ± 0.12 | 2.83b ± 0.11 | 3.70a ± 0.14 |
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| Plasma MDA (µM/mL) | |||
| 10 | 11.33a ± 0.6 | 13.94b ± 0.7 | 8.25c ± 0.5 |
| 20 | 11.20a ± 0.67 | 15.20b ± 0.75 | 10.53a ± 0.80 |
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| Plasma cholesterol (µg/mL) | |||
| 10 | 335.56a ± 6.3 | 334.03a ± 5.05 | 420.11b ± 4.99 |
| 20 | 264.78a ± 2.50 | 309.03b ± 3.99 | 268.58a ± 2.04 |
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| Liver AMP kinase enzyme (ng/mg) | |||
| 10 | 5.82a ± 0.67 | 6.48a ± 0.52 | 5.03a ± 0.60 |
| 20 | 4.07a ± 0.51 | 5.49a ± 0.45 | 2.04b ± 0.28 |
110 and 20 days represent days during exposure from 21 weeks of age at 39oC for 4 h under controlled conditions. 2CR: control maintained at ambient room temperature, CH: control (0 g FYC/kg), and SH: treatment/supplemented with 700 mg/kg of FYC. CH and SH group birds exposed to 39oC for 4 h under controlled conditions from 21 to 23 weeks of age. a,b,cIn a row, values with different superscripts are significantly different from each other (P < 0.01). Values are represented as mean ± SE. N = 6 and 5 for hormone and enzyme studies, respectively.