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. 2023 May 6;13(9):1558. doi: 10.3390/ani13091558

Table 6.

Comparison of vitamin E and selenium liver concentrations of female Bronze turkey individuals with and without green liver discoloration in the early fattening stage (70 to 75 days of fattening) and the late fattening stage (120 to 127 days of fattening), respectively (comparison of mean (x¯) or median (x˜) ± standard error of mean or median (SE) within the same age).

Liver
Concentration
70 to 75 Days of Fattening 120 to 127 Days of Fattening
Green Liver No Green Liver Green Liver No Green Liver
n = 9 n = 58 n = 15 n = 48
x¯ /x˜±SE x¯ /x˜±SE p-Value x¯ /x˜±SE x¯ /x˜±SE p-Value
Vitamin E (µg/g FM) 2.08 ± 0.13 2.76 ± 1.27 0.074 4.12 ± 0.42 4.62 ± 0.22 0.284
Selenium (µg/g DM) 1.60 ± 0.12 1.49 ± 0.04 0.116 1.61 ± 0.09 1.74 ± 0.03 0.117
Selenium (µg/g FM) 0.45 ± 0.03 0.41 ± 0.01 0.289 0.45 ± 0.03 0.50 ± 0.01 0.017

DM: dry matter; FM: fresh matter.