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Table 5 Effect of lipid sources on serum biochemical traits of rabbits fed experimental diets (n = 15 rabbits/group)

From: Effect of dietary supplementation with insect fats on growth performance, digestive efficiency and health of rabbits

Items

Experimental diets

SEM

P-value

C

H50

H100

T50

T100

TP, g/dL

5.4

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

0.04

0.08

AST, IU/L

8.9

12.2

9.8

8.8

10.2

0.51

0.20

ALT, IU/L

42.5

43.1

45.2

47.2

40.3

1.13

0.38

ALP, IU/L

34.7

43.7

32.2

45.6

39.7

2.83

0.53

GGT, IU/L

49.0

38.7

57.9

50.5

56.6

2.75

0.19

Uric acid, mg/dL

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

0.03

0.99

Urea, mg/dL

18.0

17.2

14.7

15.9

17.7

0.87

0.76

Creatinine, mg/dL

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.04

0.53

Triglycerides, mg/dL

123.0

122.8

120.4

126.1

103.1

6.79

0.84

Cholesterol, mg/dL

47.4

52.6

45.7

38.3

51.4

1.82

0.10

LDH, IU/L

143.5

146.9

120.7

199.9

117.4

10.4

0.09

Iron, μg/dL

293.0

60.8

242.1

289.3

312.2

13.1

0.47

Calcium, mg/dL

9.5

11.2

10.0

9.9

10.2

0.39

0.73

Phosphorous, mg/dL

6.8

7.6

9.3

7.7

6.6

0.34

0.08

  1. C control diet, H50 and H100 diets with Hermetia illucens fat, T50 and T100 diets with Tenebrio molitor fat, SEM standard error of the means, TP total proteins, AST aspartate-aminotransferase, ALT alanine-aminotransferase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, GGT Gamma-glutamyl transferase, LDH lactic acid dehydrogenase