Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 6 Effects of betaine on serum stress indexes of growing rabbits under the summer heat

From: Betaine addition to the diet alleviates intestinal injury in growing rabbits during the summer heat through the AAT/mTOR pathway

Items	Betaine, g/kg					SEM	P-value
Items	0	0.75	1.00	1.50	2.00	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
ALT, U/L	19.51	15.88	18.83	16.64	16.29	1.05	0.766	0.465	0.760
AST, U/L	3.29^a	3.09^ab	2.11^ab	1.97^b	2.10^ab	0.19	0.059	0.007	0.017
HSP70, ng/mL	74.34^a	71.24^a	74.18^a	69.88^a	62.70^b	1.21	0.006	0.002	0.002
GLU, mmol/L	7.09^a	6.45^abc	6.28^bc	5.80^c	6.74^ab	2.32	0.012	0.140	0.006

ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, HSP70 Heat shock protein 70, GLU Glucose
^a–cDifferent superscript lowercase letters within the same row indicate significant differences (P < 0.05)

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