Blood indices
No dietary treatment effect (P40.05) was observed in relation to serum concentrations of glucose, total protein, albumin, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and haematocrit percentage at d 43 (Table 4).//
Serum concentration of triglycerides was linearly greater (Po0.05) in broiler chickens receiving POP supplemented diets than control broiler chickens. Haemoglobin concentration was numerically greater in broiler chickens fed with diet containing 1.00% purslane at d 43 and it tended to be significant (P¼0.06).