Some Haematological and Biochemical Investigations on Duck Virus Hepatitis following Administration of Glycyrrhizin

Table 4

Serum protein profile, total cholesterol, and glucose of different experimental groups of ducklings before (at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd weeks) and after challenge (at the 4th week) (mean ± standard deviation).

		Groups
Parameters	Periods (weeks)	Control (1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	LSD
		Normal	After challenge	Glycyrrhizin	DHV vaccine	Glycyrrhizin + DHV vaccine
Total proteins (g/dL)	1	4.41±0.71		4.75±0.23	4.39±0.57	4.65±0.08	0.63
	2	4.07±0.21		4.77^∗±0.34	4.97^∗±0.02	4.87^∗±6.85	0.67
	3	4.65±0.36		5.07±0.04	4.46±0.37	5.14^∗±0.05	0.61
	4^#	4.26^b±0.04	3.57^∗±0.29	5.14^∗b±0.39	4.62±0.78^b	4.68^b±0.34	0.58
Albumin (g/dL)	1	1.83±0.21		1.93±0.18	1.54^∗±0.17	1.70±0.00	0.23
	2	1.84±0.12		2.19^∗±0.23	1.53^∗±0.02	1.84±0.13	0.20
	3	1.68±0.29		2.05^∗±0.21	1.55±0.12	1.87±0.14	0.27
	4^#	2.04^b±0.05	1.39^∗±0.13	1.85^b±0.30	1.34^∗±0.08	1.72^∗b±0.43	0.20
Globulins (g/dL)	1	2.58±0.45		2.82±0.11	2.83±0.43	2.94±0.32	0.47
	2	2.22±0.10		2.63^∗±0.00	3.43^∗±0.28	2.98^∗±0.01	0.20
	3	2.96±0.36		3.01±0.02	2.92±0.37	3.22^∗±0.04	0.22
	4^#	2.22±0.07	2.42±0.01	3.29^∗b±0.45	3.43^∗b±0.30	2.83^∗b±0.28	0.37
A/G ratio	1	0.71±0.04		0.63±0.10	0.55^∗±0.06	0.54^∗±0.05	0.10
	2	0.82±0.03		0.83±0.03	0.45^∗±0.04	0.55^∗±0.09	0.20
	3	0.62±0.03		0.65±0.02	0.53^∗±0.06	0.89^∗±0.01	0.04
	4^#	0.92^b±0.53	0.45^∗±0.00	0.57^∗b±0.02	0.35^∗±0.03	0.80^∗b±0.04	0.10
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	1	259.18±11.64		252.62±19.59	294.88^∗±42.32	265.55±20.30	34.98
	2	289.15±16.11		257.25±23.89	255.61±37.09	258.98±21.26	34.56
	3	257.44±21.51		226.12^∗±16.57	252.33±15.03	254.08±13.29	22.63
	4^#	362.70±89.39	435.95^∗±55.62	325.88^b±55.09	442.07^∗±36.01	281.35^∗b±58.20	81.00
Glucose (mg/dL)	1	226.88±27.62		237.00±45.71	292.23^∗±14.08	278.29^∗±32.67	43.02
	2	236.25±19.99		218.56±1.96	234.50±26.89	219.88±18.97	25.85
	3	230.76±12.69		166.47^∗±39.09	202.01±14.47	190.35^∗±36.10	37.94
	4^#	194.35^b±7.57	300.00^∗±9.97	266.88^∗±28.72	308.23^∗±59.65	296.35^∗±44.10	47.60

4^# After challenge (at the 4th week).
∗Significant compared to control normal group in the same row.
bSignificant compared to control-infected group at the 4th week.
DHV: duck hepatitis virus.
LSD: least significant difference.