Effect of biologically upgraded cocoa pod husk meal on growth, serum and antioxidant properties of two rabbit breeds

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 6 Serum biochemical profile of New Zealand Whites and Chinchilla rabbits fed varied levels FCPHM

Factors	Total protein (g/L)	ALB (g/L)	GLOB (g/L)	Chol. (mmol/L)	Urea (mmol/L)	ALT (UI/L)	AST (UI/L)	LDL (mmol/L)	HDL (mmol/L)	TRIG (mmol/L)
Breed
New Zealand White	50.72^b	33.17	17.68^b	3.12	3.38	34.48^b	35.85	1.82	0.82	1.22
Chinchilla	60.67^a	34.75	25.85^a	3.95	4.42	45.40^a	49.08	3.37	0.70	0.78
SEM	1.80	0.95	2.32	0.48	0.38	2.30	5.68	0.66	0.37	0.14
p value	0.008	0.281	0.048	0.261	0.102	0.015	0.150	0.147	0.829	0.076
% FCPHM Levels
0.0	61.78^a	34.40	27.38	3.95	3.20	34.48	40.13	2.90	0.83	1.05
12.5	52.78^b	34.33	18.55	2.73	4.03	41.85	39.93	2.08	0.20	1.03
25.0	52.53^b	33.15	19.38	3.93	4.48	43.50	47.35	2.80	1.25	0.93
SEM	2.20	1.16	2.85	0.58	0.46	2.82	6.95	0.81	0.45	0.18
p value	0.040	0.707	0.129	0.306	0.224	0.131	0.705	0.743	0.318	0.871
Breed × FCPHM levels (%)
New Zealand Whites
0.0	55.35	36.50^a	18.85	3.00	3.00	32.95	31.20	2.10	0.30	1.15
12.5	46.50	32.85^b	14.05	2.80	3.50	35.70	32.25	1.65	0.10	1.30
25.0	50.30	30.15^b	20.15	3.55	3.65	34.80	44.10	1.70	2.05	1.20
Chinchilla
0.0	68.20	32.30^b	35.90	4.90	3.40	36.00	49.05	3.70	1.35	0.95
12.5	59.05	35.80^a	23.05	2.65	4.55	48.00	47.60	2.50	0.30	0.75
25.0	54.75	36.15^a	18.60	4.30	5.30	52.20	50.60	3.90	0.45	0.65
SEM	3.11	1.64	4.03	0.82	0.66	3.98	9.83	1.14	0.63	0.25
p value	0.371	0.050	0.147	0.499	0.655	0.266	0.836	0.843	0.182	0.730

Chol cholesterol, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALB albumin, GLOB globulin, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TRIG triglycerides, SEM standard error of mean, FCPHM fermented cocoa pod husk meal
^a,b,cMeans on the same column having different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)