Table 3.

Plasma parameters in pantothenic acid-deficient (PAD) and control (CON) ducks.¹

Variable	PAD	CON	P-value
Pyruvate, mmol/L	0.23 ± 0.07	0.24 ± 0.03	0.424
Lactate, mmol/L	3.29 ± 0.90b	5.79 ± 1.49a	<0.001
Uric acid, μmol/L	542.4 ± 187.9a	331.6 ± 134.1b	0.002
ALT, U/L	65.64 ± 29.30	64.25 ± 12.74	0.880
AST, U/L	36.93 ± 22.39a	20.42 ± 13.57b	0.036
CHO, mmol/L	7.38 ± 2.48	7.06 ± 0.76	0.599
TG, mmol/L	1.93 ± 1.57a	0.56 ± 0.12b	<0.001
HDL-C, mmol/L	2.30 ± 0.59b	4.00 ± 0.25a	<0.001
LDL-C, mmol/L	1.10 ± 0.41b	2.61 ± 0.46a	<0.001

ALT = alanine transaminase; AST = aspartate transaminase; CHO = cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^a,b Within a row, means without a common superscript differed (P < 0.05).

¹Each value represents the mean ± SD of 8 replicates (n = 8).