Table 4. Effects of dietary supplementation of turmeric extract on blood biochemical parameters in broiler chicks^1),2)

	NC	PC	Turmeric extract		SEM	P-value
	NC	PC	20 ppm	200 ppm	SEM	P-value
BUN (mg/dL)	3.22	3.30	3.16	3.09	0.23	0.23
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.35	0.31	0.28	0.25	0.05	0.09
Total protein (mg/dL)	5.69	5.65	5.57	5.43	0.31	0.18
Albumin (mg/dL)	2.46	2.24	2.27	2.24	0.17	0.11
Globlulin (mg/dL)	3.24	3.20	3.15	3.15	0.23	0.10
Albumin/globlulin	0.76	0.70	0.72	0.71	0.03	0.08
AST (U/L)	282.32^a	267.73^b	257.84^c	258.07^bc	3.24	<0.05
ALT (U/L)	9.27^a	7.86^b	7.78^b	8.02^b	0.29	<0.05

Data are least squares means of 12 observations per treatment.
NC, antibiotic-free diet; PC, basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.
Means within the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).