Impact of dietary Mannan-oligosaccharide and β-Glucan supplementation on growth, histopathology, E-coli colonization and hepatic transcripts of TNF-α and NF- ϰB of broiler challenged with E. coli O78

Table 3 Serum liver function of broiler chicken infected with E. coli and fed on agrimos® at 35 days (n = 5)

Groups Parameters	Control noninfected	Control infected	Agrimos® noninfected	Agrimos® infected
ALT (u/l)	19.33 ± 0.88^b	26.33 ± 0.88^a	18.67 ± 0.88^b	20.67 ± 0.67^b
AST (u/l)	53.33 ± 1.76^b	92.67 ± 0.88^a	51.33 ± 0.88^b	52.67 ± 1.45^b
Total protein (g/dl)	2.27 ± 0.08^b	1.9 ± 0.06^c	2.9 ± 0.12^a	2.7 ± 0.11^a
Albumin (g/dl)	1.20 ± 0.02^a	0.47 ± 0.05^b	1.24 ± 0.03^a	1.21 ± 0.01^a
Globulin (g/dl)	1.06 ± 0.09^b	1.43 ± 0.01^a	1.66 ± 0.12^a	1.49 ± 0.11^a

Values are expressed as mean ± standard errors. Means in the same row (a-c) with different letters significantly differ at (p ≤ 0.05)

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