Table 4.
Effect of dietary available phosphorus levels with or without supplementation of phytase on serum biochemical components of laying hens at 60 weeks

Parameters % of AP without phytase % of AP with phytase SEM P-value
0.20 0.25 0.30 0.20 0.25 0.30
ALB (mg/dL) 2.06 2.19 1.96 2.14 2.06 2.02 0.04 0.744
TP (mg/dL) 5.97 6.27 5.59 6.98 5.92 5.92 0.19 0.383
CHOL (mg/dL) 161.94 155.18 152.55 159.35 151.12 146.42 6.42 0.989
HdL (mg/dL) 9.26 7.68 9.01 7.14 7.79 8.25 0.55 0.891
GLU (mg/dL) 259.25 263.81 279.18 254.75 273.44 268.40 4.25 0.607
ALT (IU/L) 1.27 1.03 0.86 0.89 1.33 0.85 0.14 0.898
AST (IU/L) 175.38 185.53 171.67 166.51 190.21 161.32 5.01 0.565
TG (mg/dL) 1,877.33 1,579.06 1,463.60 1,721.28 1,456.62 1,450.97 93.69 0.742
P (mg/dL) 5.36 5.87 6.02 6.17 6.56 7.03 0.25 0.536
Ca (mg/dL) 16.54 17.07 17.38 17.91 18.89 19.07 0.42 0.459
ALP (IU/L) 455.01 418.41 397.56 392.87 370.83 358.21 10.25 0.066