Table 3.
Changes in serum biochemical profiles of broilers as a function of the time of feed withdrawal (n=10)

	Withdrawal time (hours)					SEM	P-value
	2	3	4	5	6		ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
T. chol (mg/dL)	148.89	149.54	151.04	146.96	149.86	2.88	0.99	0.97	0.96
TG (g/dL)	79.93a	50.22b	40.79bc	32.86c	38.94bc	3.04	<0.01	<0.001	<0.001
GLU (mg/dL)	180.07b	179.87b	188.27b	192.73b	205.96a	2.39	<0.01	<0.001	0.17
TP (g/dL)	2.95	2.91	2.85	2.88	2.87	0.03	0.92	0.45	0.62
AST (U/dL)	435.5ab	462.73a	405.63ab	360.37ab	331.49b	19.32	0.18	<0.05	0.52
ALT (U/dL)	2.37	2.49	2.34	2.54	2.26	0.08	0.79	0.78	0.49
ALB (g/dL)	1.24	1.22	1.20	1.20	1.21	0.01	0.91	0.46	0.51
IP (mg/dL)	7.60a	7.51ab	6.91bc	6.76c	6.48c	0.11	<0.01	<0.001	0.93

Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).