Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Organic Acids on Performance, Intestinal Histomorphology, and Serum Biochemistry of Broiler Chicken

Table 4

Effect of organic acid supplementation on serum constituents of broiler chicken.

Parameter	Treatment Groups							Sig.
	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7
Glucose (mg/dL)	183.4 ± 8.02	184.2 ± 9.34	190.2 ± 8.83	180.3 ± 8.39	186.2 ± 4.27	179.0 ± 15.41	178.9 ± 12.45	NS
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	128.3 ± 3.89	123.4 ± 2.35	125.3 ± 2.61	129.5 ± 0.91	127.3 ± 2.34	128.1 ± 2.78	122.5 ± 0.81	NS
Calcium (mg/dL)	10.7${0\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}}^{\text{a}}$± 0.16	11.9$4^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.10	12.2$0^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.25	11.7$6^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.32	11.9$7^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.30	11.7$8^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.21	12.1$4^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.38	*
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	6.2$2^{\text{a}}$ ± 0.26	7.1$8^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.22	7.5$9^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.30	7.0$0^{\text{ab}}$ ± 0.13	7.4$2^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.34	6.9$3^{\text{ab}}$ ± 0.39	7.5$3^{\text{b}}$ ± 0.17	*
SGPT ($\mu$/L)	15.63 ± 0.47	14.95 ± 0.86	17.31 ± 2.04	16.623 ± 1.42	16.41 ± 0.84	15.24 ± 1.79	17.57 ± 0.65	NS
SGOT ($\mu$/L)	97.79 ± 2.90	100.48 ± 5.12	97.60 ± 7.99	92.25 ± 10.04	99.10 ± 8.96	99.96 ± 4.95	95.61 ± 1.20	NS

*Means within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different ($P\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\le .05$), NS: Non significant.