Table 6.
Effects of in ovo feeding of γ-aminobutyric acid and embryonic thermal manipulation on plasma biochemical parameters in broiler chickens
| Parameters | Treatments1) | SEM | p-value | |||
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| CON | G10 | TM | G10+TM | |||
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 251.8 | 274.4 | 274.8 | 266.6 | 6.7 | 0.624 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 41.4 | 27.6 | 26.6 | 37.6 | 3.2 | 0.267 |
| Total protein (g/dL) | 2.48b | 2.62ab | 2.58ab | 3.1a | 0.1 | 0.019 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 114.8 | 96.2 | 88.2 | 111 | 6.8 | 0.506 |
Values were obtained from n = 5 repetitions per treatment.
SEM, standard error of the mean.
1)
The treatments are described as follows: CON, control eggs without in ovo injection and incubated at standard temperature; G10, eggs injected at 17.5 days of incubation with 0.6mL of 10% γ-aminobutyric acid dissolved in distilled water; TM, thermally manipulated eggs exposed to 39.6°C for 6 h daily from embryonic day 10 to 18; G10+TM, eggs that received both previous treatments during incubation. Chicks obtained were grown for 28 days.
a,b
Means in a row that possess different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).