. 2022 Jul 7;12(14):1742. doi: 10.3390/ani12141742

Table 6.

Serum constituents and hormone profile of broiler chickens fed a reduced nPP diet supplemented with phytase, probiotic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and fumaric acid at 21 days of age.

Treatments ¹	TC, mg/dL	TG, mg/dL	Glucose, mg/dL	Ca, mg/dL	P, mg/dL	T3, ng/mL	T4, ng/mL	ALP, U/L
PC	136.57 ^a	129.55 ^a	246.72 ^a	11.78 ^b	5.36 ^a	1.88 ^bc	13.16 ^b	36.92
NC	127.73 ^b	129.06 ^a	247.28 ^a	10.19 ^d	5.01 ^b	1.79 ^c	11.02 ^c	36.95
PHY	122.56 ^c	97.83 ^e	242.63 ^b	11.75 ^b	5.36 ^a	2.00 ^ab	13.66 ^b	37.00
PRO	128.02 ^b	90.06 ^d	240.06 ^b	11.96 ^a	5.38 ^a	2.03 ^a	14.29 ^a	36.90
SC	121.97 ^c	103.90 ^c	242.21 ^b	11.61 ^bc	5.36 ^a	1.75 ^c	13.45 ^b	36.78
FA	123.95 ^c	107.55 ^b	243.33 ^b	11.47 ^c	5.33 ^a	2.00 ^ab	13.60 ^b	36.47
SEM	1.285	0.720	1.50	0.085	0.065	0.065	0.30	0.735
p-value	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.002	0.003	0.002	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.98
Contrast probability vs. NC
PC	˂0.001	0.88	0.71	˂0.001	0.01	0.18	˂0.001	0.97
PHY	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.01	˂0.001	0.01	0.004	˂0.001	0.95
PRO	0.82	˂0.001	0.005	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.001	˂0.001	0.94
SC	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.008	˂0.001	0.01	0.54	˂0.001	0.82
FA	0.007	0.01	0.02	0.003	0.002	0.004	˂0.001	0.52

^a–e Means with no common letters within the same column varied significantly at p < 0.05.¹ Treatment abbreviations, see Table 2. TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; Ca, calcium; P, phosphorus; T3, triiodothyronine; T4, thyroxine; ALP, alkaline phosphatase.