Table 4.
Effect of dietary supplementation of ginseng by-products on serum biochemical characteristics in broilers under heat stress condition

Items3 Treatments2 SEM1
CON GB1 GB2 GLS1 GLS2
TP (g/dL) 3.18 3.30 2.92 3.23 2.95 0.598
ALB (g/dL) 1.12 1.15 0.95 1.08 0.97 0.264
T.BIL (mg/dL) 0.85b 0.87b 0.78b 0.90b 1.15a 0.187
GLU (mg/dL) 250.2 236.8 219.3 269.8 263.7 30.80
BUN (mg/dL) 1.50 1.08 1.17 0.72 0.95 0.478
CREAT (mg/dL) 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.10 0.018
AST (U/L) 350.2 336.5 433.5 370.2 388.8 98.87
ALT (U/L) 1.33 1.30 1.40 1.40 1.55 0.647
CHOL (mg/dL) 181.0 178.5 155.0 173.0 174.2 31.22
TG (mg/dL) 73.8 79.3 63.8 89.3 64.0 40.79
Values with different superscript within the same row significantly differ(P<0.05)
SEM, standard error of means.
CON, basal diet; GB1, basal diet + ginseng berry 0.5%; GB2, basal diet + ginseng berry 1.0%; GLS1, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 0.5%; GLS2, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 1.0%.
TP, total protein; ALB, Albumin; T.Bil, Total bilirubin; GLU, glucose; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CHOL, cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.