Effect of dried Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella growth factor on growth performance, meat qualities and humoral immune responses in broiler chickens

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Table 3 Effect of dried chlorella powder (DCP) and chlorella growth factor (CGF) on blood profiles in broiler chickens

Item	NC¹	PC²	DCP			CGF		SEM³	p value
Item	NC¹	PC²	0.05 %	0.15 %	0.5 %	0.05 %	0.15 %	SEM³	p value
Albumin (g/dL)	1.16	1.17	1.16	1.11	1.09	1.14	1.19	0.02	0.106
Total protein (g/dL)	2.89	2.65	2.77	2.78	2.72	2.74	2.78	0.08	0.513
GOT⁴ (IU/L)	258.5	243.1	236.6	237.0	242.5	238.8	253.4	7.10	0.233
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	117.4	127.4	120.3	120.1	109.5	114.3	116.9	4.06	0.105
HDL⁵-cholesterol (mg/dL)	96.0	106.8	97.1	93.2	86.1	96.5	94.9	4.27	0.076
Total lipid (mg/dL)	310.4^ab	330.3^a	314.6^ab	308.4^ab	252.0^c	264.0^bc	281.7^bc	14.47	0.001
Triacylglycerol (mg/dL)	33.0	33.1	30.7	34.4	34.1	38.9	34.0	3.22	0.772

Each value expressed as relative percentage to body weight represents the mean of eight chicks per treatment
¹Negative control (non-medicated basal diet)
²Positive control (NC + virginiamycin 10 ppm)
³Pooled standard error of the mean
⁴Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
⁵High density lipoprotein
^a–cMean values with different superscripts within the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05)