Table 6.
Blood biochemical measurements of broilers as affected by PLE supplemented diets at different levels.
| Parameters | PLE (g kg-1) | SEM | P -values | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNT | PLE0.1 | PLE0.3 | PLE0.5 | Combined | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Total protein (g/dl) | 2.68 | 3.03 | 3.14 | 2.84 | 0.74 | 0.262 | 0.446 | 0.072 |
| Albumin (g/dl) | 1.54 | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.66 | 1.01 | 0.174 | 0.347 | 0.046 |
| Globulin (g/dl) | 1.15 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.18 | 0.89 | 0.421 | 0.601 | 0.130 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 208.3a | 219.4a | 194.5a | 148.8b | 1.08 | 0.001 | 0.792 | 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 101.1 | 109.9 | 99.4 | 96.0 | 2.49 | 0.245 | 0.247 | 0.219 |
| HDL (mg/dl) | 37.57 | 40.45 | 39.90 | 30.37 | 1.51 | 0.052 | 0.075 | 0.029 |
| LDL (mg/dl) | 23.37 | 31.18 | 30.03 | 21.97 | 1.76 | 0.514 | 0.720 | 0.028 |
PLE, paulownia leaf extract; CNT, control treatment fed un-supplemented diet; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein. a, b, within the same raw indicates to significance differences (p < 0.05) between means.