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.