Figure 4.

Effect of dietary Se and Eimeria infection on selenium concentrations in serum, breast, and liver tissue of broiler chickens. * indicates significant (p < 0.05) difference. Chickens were infected (15,000 oocyst/chicken) with freshly propagated and sporulated oocyst mixture with 5000/mL E. acervulina, 5000/mL E. tenella, and 5000/mL E. maxima through oral gavage on day 16. CON: Se-un-supplemented diet, SS: inorganic Se-supplemented diet (0.3 mg/kg as sodium selenite), and SY: organic selenized yeast-supplemented diet (0.3 mg/kg, Sel-Plex^®, Alltech). Each bar represents the mean ± SEM (n = 6). Tissue samples were collected at 8 days post-infection.