Table 4.
Effect of dietary supplementation of ginseng by-products on blood serum biochemical characteristics in broilers

Items¹	Treatments²
CON	GB1	GB2	GLS1	GLS2	SEM³
TP (g/dL)	2.70	2.76	2.68	2.74	3.08	0.274
ALB (g/dL)	1.18	1.26	1.22	1.18	1.36	0.136
T.BIL (mg/dL)	1.62	2.00	1.78	2.12	1.86	0.293
GLU (mg/dL)	225.8^a	210.8^ab	204.8^ab	202.6^b	183.4^b	14.81
BUN (mg/dL)	1.08	0.94	1.32	1.56	0.96	0.585
CREAT (mg/dL)	0.08	0.06	0.08	0.06	0.09	0.046
AST (U/L)	310.0	329.4	353.0	363.0	328.2	66.66
ALT (U/L)	1.92	1.92	1.74	2.00	3.26	1.158
CHOL (mg/dL)	130.8	138.4	132.6	150.4	134.6	17.96
TG (mg/dL)	26.4	31.0	29.8	29.2	25.8	5.55

Values with different superscript within the same row significantly differ (P<0.05).
TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; T.Bil, total bilirubin; GLU, glucose; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CHOL, Cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.
CON, basal diet; GB1, basal diet + ginseng berry 0.5%; GB2, basal diet + ginseng berry 1.0%; GLS1, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 0.5%; GLS2, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 1.0%.
SEM, standard error of means.