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Table 3 The effect of dietary supplementation of AlphaGal to low energy diet on the immune status and lipid profile of broiler chickens

From: Effect of dietary supplementation of alpha-galactosidase on the growth performance, ileal digestibility, intestinal morphology, and biochemical parameters in broiler chickens

Item

Energy

P-value

AlphaGal (mg/kg diet)

P-value

Energy × AlphaGal

P-value

SEM

RED

LED

0

50

RED+ 0 AlphaGal

RED+ 50 AlphaGal

LED+ 0 AlphaGal

LED+ 50 AlphaGal

Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)

55.21b

84.950a

0.02

70.51

69.65

0.93

57.49

60.27

90.86

79.03

0.34

6.14

Immune response

 IgM (mg/dL)

99.84

89.55

0.796

114.23

75.16

0.31

94.77

103.00

131.76

47.33

0.45

18.53

 Complement 3 (mg/dL)

89.67

102.69

0.514

110.12

82.24

0.14

110.00

78.01

118.91

86.48

0.405

9.84

 Interleukin 10 (pg/mL)

0.18

0.15

0.44

0.16

0.17

0.69

0.14

0.22

0.17

0.13

0.43

0.02

Lipid profile

 TG (mg/dL)

94.74a

61.32b

0.01

86.58

69.47

0.14

122.45a

75.97ab

59.66b

62.98b

0.02

9.63

 TC (mg/dL)

202.86

218.64

0.55

215.69

205.81

0.68

204.29

194.96

220.61

216.66

0.82

10.88

 LDL (mg/dL)

127.31

131.85

0.813

129.75

129.41

0.98

133.63

124.22

129.09

134.61

0.979

10.10

 HDL (mg/dL)

60.58a

50.77b

0.02

64.98a

46.37b

0.001

70.93a

45.88b

54.67b

46.87b

0.01

2.06

  1. a,b,c,d)Means within the same column carrying different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)
  2. RED Recommended energy diet, LED Low energy diet “–120 kcal/kg diet”
  3. TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein