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Table 3. The biochemical profile (mean ± SE) in different broiler groups supplied with clay-filtered water.

Treatments	TP g/dl	ALT IU/L	CREAT mg/dl	GLUCO mg/dl	TG mg/dl	TC mg/dl
Overall means concerning treatments
G1	5.6^f ± 0.05	3.3^c ± 0.01	0.16^e ± 0.02	66.4^b ± 0.75	60.2^g ± 0.19	95.8^e ± 0.56
G2	6.2^e ± 0.03	3.3^c ± 0.05	0.30^d ± 0.01	71.2^b ± 0.61	64.0^f ± 0.10	111.7^cd ± 0.50
G3	6.6^d ± 0.07	3.3^c ± 0.03	0.50^c ± 0.01	71.0^b ± 0.68	68.1^e ± 0.20	106.3^d ± 3.65
G4	7.0^b ± 0.01	3.3^c ± 0.04	0.55^b ± 0.02	71.1^b ± 0.60	71.9^d ± 0.12	115.1^c ± 4.99
G5	6.9^bc ± 0.04	3.6^b ± 0.04	0.54^bc ± 0.02	84.9^b ± 0.87	73.9^c ± 0.62	148.8^b ± 1.41
G6	6.8^c ± 0.05	3.6^b ± 0.02	0.55^b ± 0.02	84.8^b ± 0.98	79.2^b ± 0.76	146.9^b ± 1.44
Gc	7.6^a ± 0.05	10.3^a ± 0.08	0.95^a ± 0.01	128.3^a ± 2.78	97.1^a ± 0.15	162.2^a ± 1.03
p-value	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.002

Means carrying different superscripts in the same column are significantly different at (p ≤ 0.05) or highly significantly different at (p < 0.01). Means carrying the same superscripts in the same column are non-significantly different at (p < 0.05).

(G1): broilers supplied with clay-filtered water previously challenged with lead nitrate (500 mg/l); (G2): broilers supplied with clay-filtered water previously challenged with calcium sulfate (80 mg/l); (G3): broilers supplied with clay-filtered water previously challenged with yeast extract 5% (5 mg/l); (G4): broilers supplied with clay-filtered water previously challenged with diazinon (2.5 mg/l); (G5): broilers supplied with clay-filtered water previously challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium 1.5 × 10⁶ CFU/ml; (G6): broilers supplied with clay-filtered water previously challenged with E. tenella 1 × 10⁵ OPG/ml; (Gc): control broilers group; (TP): total protein; (ALT): alanine aminotransferase; (CREAT): creatinine; (GLUCO): glucose; (TG): triglycerides; (TC): total cholesterol; (SE): standard error.