Mitigation potential of individual and combined dietary supplementation of local Bentonite Clay and Distillery Sludge against Ochratoxin-A induced toxicity in broilers

Table 1 Serum biochemical profiles (Mean ± SEM) of OTA-induced experimental and control groups

Group	ALT(U/L) (Mean ± SEM)	AST(U/L) (Mean ± SEM)	Urea (mg/100 ml) (Mean ± SEM)	Creatinine (mg/100 ml) (Mean ± SEM)	Total Proteins (g/dl) (Mean ± SEM)	Globulins (g/dl) (Mean ± SEM)	Albumin (g/dl) (Mean ± SEM)
A₁	35.0 ± 12.1^ab	164 ± 12.1^c	31.0 ± 3.00^c	0.31 ± 0.09^ab	3.10 ± 0.36^bc	1.10 ± 0.26^b	2.50 ± 0.10^ef
A₂	26.0 ± 6.24^bc	144 ± 7.51^de	23.0 ± 3.00^de	0.27 ± 0.04^ab	3.57 ± 0.51^ab	0.93 ± 0.12^b	2.83 ± 0.21^de
A₃	21. 7 ± 3.06^bc	132 ± 4.73^e	18.7 ± 2.08^e	0.28 ± 0.10^ab	3.23 ± 0.21^b	0.70 ± 0.30^bc	3.20 ± 0.17^bc
A₄	26.3 ± 13.8^bc	127 ± 16.5^e	18.0 ± 2.00^e	0.23 ± 0.29^a	2.90 ± 0.70^bc	0.83 ± 0.21^a	0.30 ± 0.30^bc
B₁	46.0 ± 13.1^a	212 ± 11.5^a	56.3 ± 8.39^a	0.45 ± 0.05^a	2.47 ± 0.45^c	0.33 ± 0.23^c	2.33 ± 0.23^f
B₂	36.3 ± 4.16^ab	187 ± 6.51^b	47.7 ± 7.23^b	0.32 ± 0.07^ab	3.07 ± 0.12^bc	0.83 ± 0.21^b	3.03 ± 0.15^bcd
B₃	32.3 ± 2.08^abc	161 ± 9.61^c	31.7 ± 3.06^c	0.31 ± 0.08^ab	3.10 ± 0.25^bc	0.77 ± 0.25^bc	2.97 ± 0.06^cd
B₄	24.0 ± 9.54^bc	153 ± 11.6^cd	28.3 ± 5.13^cd	0.30 ± 0.10^ab	3.33 ± 0.45^ab	0.93 ± 0.06^b	3.33 ± 0.25^b
Control	19.3 ± 4.04^c	129 ± 4.04^e	16.3 ± 1.53^e	0.23 ± 0.06^a	4.03 ± 0.45^a	1.60 ± 0.53^a	3.80 ± 0.20^a

A1 (OTA 250 µg/kg), A2 (OTA 250 µg/kg + BN 10 g/kg), A3 (OTA 250 µg/kg + DS 5 g/kg), A4 (OTA 250 µg/kg + BN 10 g/kg + DS 5 g/kg), B1 (OTA 500 µg/kg), B2 (OTA 500 µg/kg + BN 10 g/kg), B3 (OTA 500 µg/kg + DS 5 g/kg), B4 (OTA 500 µg/kg + BN 10 g/kg + DS 5 g/kg), C (Control group); For each parameter, values sharing similar superscripts do not differ significantly (p > 0.05)

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