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Table 7 Blood plasma biochemical parameters of rabbits (mean ± SEM¹)

From: The effect of dietary supplementation with silkworm pupae meal on gastrointestinal function, nitrogen retention and blood biochemical parameters in rabbits

	Group²			p value
	SBM	SPM5	SPM10	p value
AST [U/L]	19.7 ± 2.161	18.4 ± 0.832	22.1 ± 1.969	0.208
ALT [U/L]	23.9 ± 4.277	23.4 ± 1.102	24.7 ± 2.138	0.783
Creatinine [μmol/L]	40.5 ± 3.716	39.8 ± 3.696	50.4 ± 4.860	0.121
GGT [U/L]	11.8 ± 1.182	12.9 ± 1.016	12.8 ± 0.929	0.529
Albumin [μmol/L]	518 ± 24.20^b	578 ± 16.59^a	593 ± 11.96^a	0.016
ALP [U/L]	204 ± 13.60	191 ± 14.14	166 ± 17.66	0.132
Urea [mmol/L]	5.92 ± 0.220^b	6.00 ± 0.396^b	7.34 ± 0.559^a	0.043
Total protein [g/L]	58.7 ± 1.443	60.1 ± 0.821	59.7 ± 0.922	0.459

^{a, b}means with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)
¹SEM - standard error of the mean
²Group: SBM - 10% SBM, SPM5–5% SBM and 5% SPM, SPM10–10% SPM (SBM - soybean meal, SPM - dried silkworm pupae meal)

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