Table 3 Effect of dietary supplementation with N. Oculata on some serum metabolites of Commercial Browne Lohmann LSL laying hens under hot environmental conditions.

From: Role of Nannochloropsis Oculata supplement in improving performance, antioxidant status, blood metabolites, and egg quality of laying hens under hot environmental conditions

Items

Experimental groups

 ± SE

P-values

Reg. analysis

C

TR1

TR2

R2

P

Relation

ALT (IU/L)

27.17a

25.70b

26.11b

0.31

0.0037

0.14

0.011

Linear

AST (IU/L)

42.36a

39.10b

35.72c

0.68

0.0001

0.40

0.001

Linear

CHO (mg/dl)

184.31a

158.01c

172.70b

2.74

0.0001

0.07

0.067

–

CRE (mg/dl)

1.35a

0.76b

0.93b

0.12

0.0002

0.06

0.083

–

GLU (mg/dl)

210.80b

233.73a

241.99a

7.14

0.0079

0.16

0.005

Linear

  1. C control group, birds fed a corn-soybean basal diet without, N. oculata, TR1 birds fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.5% of N. oculata, TR2 birds fed the basal diet supplemented with 1.0% of N. oculata, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, CHO total cholesterol, CRE creatinine, GLU glucose.
  2. a–cMeans followed by different letters in superscript in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05). ± SM, standard error of means. Number of samples: 30 chickens (30n).
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