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Table 3 Biochemical values of WAD goats fed treated maize cob- and maize husk-based diets with mixture of microorganisms

From: Blood chemistry of West African dwarf goats fed treated maize cob- and maize husk-based diets with mixture of microorganisms

Parameters

Diets

SEM

Maize cob

Maize husk

A (0%)

B (20%)

C (30%)

D (0%)

E (20%)

F (30%)

Total protein (g/l)

65.00

94.82

79.63

91.63

97.54

88.71

5.52

Albumin (g/l)

36.84

35.56

31.84

48.43

44.62

37.93

6.72

Globulin (g/l)

28.16b

59.26a

47.79ab

43.20ab

52.92ab

50.78ab

2.53

Albumin/globulin ratio

1.31

0.60

0.67

1.12

0.84

0.75

0.10

AST (iu/l)

81.75bc

91.5abc

128.25a

123.52ab

48.00c

84.00abc

8.04

ALT (iu/l)

8.20b

11.8b

10.50b

33.33a

9.60b

14.00b

2.21

  1. a, b, c = means within the same row with different superscripts are significantly (P < 0.05) different