Effects of cottonseed meal on growth performance, liver redox status, and serum biochemical parameters in goslings at 1 to 28 days of age

Table 3 Effect of cottonseed meal on serum biochemical parameters of goslings at 28 d of age

Item	Control^a	CSM₂₅	CSM₅₀	CSM₇₅	CSM₁₀₀	SEM	P-value
Item	Control^a	CSM₂₅	CSM₅₀	CSM₇₅	CSM₁₀₀	SEM	Treatment	Linear	Quadratic
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	39.50	27.80	34.50	44.00	41.17	2.868	0.473	0.378	0.424
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	91.67	76.50	84.60	89.40	109.00	7.740	0.784	0.435	0.332
Total protein (g/L)	38.80	38.48	33.94	32.25	29.83	1.231	0.065	0.005	0.860
Albumin (g/L)	12.07	11.05	9.22	9.80	7.30	0.450	0.003	< 0.001	0.782
Globulin (g/L)	26.73	27.43	24.72	22.45	22.53	0.924	0.278	0.043	0.912
Uric acid (mmol/L)	131.83	147.67	129.50	159.16	223.33	11.274	0.041	0.011	0.097

^aControl group was fed a corn-soybean meal basal diet; CSM, cottonseed meal; CSM₂₅, CSM₅₀, CSM₇₅, and CSM₁₀₀ indicate that 25, 50, 75, and 100% of the protein content provided by soybean meal in the control diet was replaced with CSM respectively. SEM Standard errors of the mean

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