Table 1 Growth performances. Histopathological findings and blood metabolites of broiler chickens

LW at 1 d. g

43.17

43.54

43.65

43.30

0.65

0.99

LW at 11 d. g

299.18

310.00

302.70

310.43

4.78

0.81

LW at 33 d. g

1798.67

1838.80

1764.22

1867.00

42.77

0.37

FCR 1–11 d

1.143

1.109

1.117

1.122

0.04

0.54

FCR 12–32 d

1.269

1.030

1.314

1.219

0.11

0.67

Spleen

0.37

0.57

0.25

0.25

0.09

0.54

Liver

0.19

0.12

0.62

0.31

0.09

0.16

Thymus

Absence of alterations

Bursa of Fabricius

1.31

1.25

1.5

1.31

0.07

0.59

Glandular stomach

2.25

1.88

1.38

1.63

0.16

0.24

Gut

3.00

2.75

2.38

2.00

0.23

0.25

Albumine (g/dL)

1.02

1.18

1.08

1.12

0.03

0.25

Alanine aminotransferase (UI/L)

2.75

2.25

2.42

2.50

0.25

0.78

Aspartate aminotransferase (UI/L)

344.33

323.92

267.50

265.67

15.78

0.16

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

88.58

110.33

111.33

109.83

3.81

0.08

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

26.92

37.92

31.67

47.67

4.63

0.71

Uric acid (mg/dL)

3.73

4.45

2.69

4.73

0.37

0.21

Cholesterol HDL (mg/dL)

71.50

85.75

86.33

85.33

3.29

0.08

Cholesterol LDL (mg/dL)

17.08

24.58

25.00

24.50

1.28

0.09

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.08

0.06

0.05

0.08

0.01

0.30

Total Protein (g/dL)

3.48

3.75

3.56

3.62

0.06

0.57

Phosphorous (mg/dl)

89.37

95.98

70.22

95.20

11.33

0.86

Chlorine (mmol/L)

125.90

128.27

125.32

129.10

1.13

0.62

Potassium (mmol/L)

5.27

5.06

4.74

5.80

0.26

0.48

Magnesium (mEq/l)

6.02

5.62

5.53

5.93

0.16

0.57

Iron (µg/dl)

85.67

110.17

104.00

113.17

6.22

0.56

Alkaline Phosphatase (U/L)

9312.00

9024.00

7790.00

7052.67

672.07

0.69

Calcium (mg/dl)

42.68

43.32

41.15

42.82

0.87

0.67

Sodium (mmol/L)

177.90

179.52

174.87

182.08

1.69

0.39