Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 6 Serum biochemical changes of the experimental groups

From: Incorporation apricot seed kernel as untraditional source of protein in rabbit rations

Item	Experimental rations					SEM
	R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅
	0% ASK	0.75% ASK	1.5% ASK	3% ASK	4.5% ASK
Total proteins (g/dl)	6.38	6.79	6.88	6.39	6.86	0.11
Albumin (g/dl)	3.69	3.90	4.07	3.79	3.58	0.08
Total globulins (g/dl)	2.69^b	2.89^ab	2.81^ab	2.60^b	3.28^a	0.09
A/G ratio	1.40^a	1.35^a	1.45^a	1.46^a	1.09^b	0.05
ALT (U/l)	37.68	39.81	39.17	40.08	40.95	0.71
AST (U/l)	23.01^b	25.01^b	26.13^ab	28.09^ab	30.65^a	0.94
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	107.6	109.1	111. 7	115.7	118.8	5.30
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	79.09	80.74	82.34	85.04	87.32	3.37
Urea (mg/dl)	44.81	48.03	51.81	54.25	56.59	2.68
Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.18	1.23	1.27	1.29	1.32	0.04

^a,bMeans in the same row having different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
SEM standard error of mean, ALT alanine aminotransferase or (GPT), AST aspartate aminotranseferase or (GOT), ASK apricot seed kernels

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