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Table 2 Effect of probiotics dietary supplementation on blood biochemical constituents (mean ± SE) of NZW rabbits

From: Probiotics role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Bacillus subtilis in improving the health status of rabbits’ gastrointestinal tract

Item	Experimental groups
Item	R1	R2	R3	R4
Total proteins, g/dl	6.04^b ± 0.05	7.01^a ± 0.09	6.97^a ± 0.02	6.93^a ± 0.03
Albumin, g/dl	3.05^b ± 0.08	3.38^a ± 0.03	3.41^a ± 0.03	3.43^a ± 0.02
Globulin, g/dl	2.99^b ± 0.03	3.63^a ± 0.03	3.56^a ± 0.04	3.50^a ± 0.06
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.78 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.03	0.78 ± 0.01	0.76 ± 0.03
Urea, mg/dl	41.49^a ± 0.56	39.96^b ± 0.32	39.27^b ± 0.50	39.47^b ± 0.49
Triglycerides, mg/dl	182.67^a ± 6.17	157.67^b ± 5.24	154.00^b ± 5.57	139.67^b ± 6.36
Cholesterol, mg/dl	132.67^a ± 5.81	111.67^b ± 4.06	105.00^b ± 6.66	96.67^b ± 3.48
AST, IU/L	29.29 ± 0.66	29.11 ± 0.50	28.86 ± 0.31	28.74 ± 0.17
ALT, IU/L	19.41 ± 0.49	19.01 ± 0.36	19.03 ± 0.26	18.73 ± 0.49

R1: control; R2: 0.1% S. cerevisiae; R3: 0.1% B. subtilis; R4: 0.05% S. cerevisiae + 0.05% B. subtilis
a, b and c: means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different at (P ≤ 0.05)

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