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

Table 7.

Serum constituents and hormone profile of broiler chickens fed a reduced nPP diet supplemented with phytase, probiotic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and fumaric acid at 35 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	161.97 ^b	132.55 ^b	235.60 ^ab	11.32 ^b	5.35 ^a	2.60 ^a	13.09 ^c	30.16 ^b
NC	167.93 ^a	139.69 ^a	238.19 ^a	10.67 ^c	5.02 ^b	2.18 ^d	13.15 ^c	40.43 ^a
PHY	138.66 ^d	125.02 ^c	231.76 ^c	11.85 ^a	5.40 ^a	2.45 ^bc	14.73 ^a	32.74 ^b
PRO	130.07 ^e	119.11 ^d	232.52 ^bc	11.76 ^a	5.43 ^a	2.43 ^c	14.25 ^ab	33.11 ^b
SC	142.69 ^cd	119.98 ^d	236.80 ^a	11.87 ^a	5.42 ^a	2.19 ^d	14.06 ^b	33.23 ^b
FA	145.77 ^c	129.53 ^b	238.06 ^a	11.58 ^b	5.40 ^a	2.56 ^ab	13.79 ^b	33.46 ^b
SEM	1.450	1.110	1.60	0.095	0.076	0.055	0.285	0.900
p-value	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001
Contrasts probability vs. NC
PC	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.12	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.84	˂0.001
PHY	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.01	˂0.001	˂0.001
PRO	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.002	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.005	0.001	˂0.001
SC	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.39	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.47	0.004	˂0.001
FA	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.94	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.03	˂0.001

^a–d 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.