Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 6 Blood serum biochemical constituents of buffaloes fed experimental diets (means ± SE)

From: Effect of Moringa oleifera leaves powder in diets of lactating buffaloes

Item	Experimental groups
Item	R1	R2	R3	R4
Total protein, g/dl	6.63^c ± 0.18	7.59^a ± 0.09	7.62^a ± 0.10	7.11^b ± 0.97
Albumin, g/dl	3.12^c ± 0.03	3.48^a ± 0.04	3.50^a ± 0.06	3.26^b ± 0.03
Globulin, g/dl	3.51^b ± 0.05	4.11^a ± 0.20	4.12^a ± 0.04	3.85^ab ± 0.07
Urea, mg/dl	30.51^a ± 1.61	26.42^b ± 0.37	25.16^b ± 1.11	22.64^c ± 0.72
Creatinine, mg/dl	1.21^c ± 0.02	1.17^c ± 0.03	1.45^b ± 0.08	1.68^a ± 0.13
Glucose, mg/dl	64.85^a ± 1.19	62.95^a ± 1.36	56.37^b ± 1.28	52.08^c ± 0.79
Cholesterol, mg/dl	95.03^a ± 1.89	83.67^b ± 2.78	82.29^b ± 1.64	81.33^b ± 1.16
AST, IU/dl	42.83^c ± 2.10	43.52^b ± 2.73	45.84^b ± 1.89	51.30 ^a ± 1.06
ALT, IU/dl	15.56^c ± 0.65	15.82^b ± 1.13	16.04^b ± 0.89	18.43^a ± 1.20

^a,b,cMeans within rows followed by different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)

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