. 2018 Jul 15;34(3):249–257. doi: 10.5487/TR.2018.34.3.249

Table 3.

Protein, MDA and reduced GSH concentrations, and GPx activity in blood plasma. The values represent the mean ± SD of 12 pheasants (6 bird/replicate)

Time of exposure	Control	Low dose 4.22 mg/kg	Medium dose 7.17 mg/kg	High dose 14.92 mg/kg
Time of exposure	Control	T-2 toxin
Protein concentration (g/L)

12 hr	31.98^a ± 5.35	27.13^ab ± 7.63	26,75^ab ± 4.52	22.83^b ± 5.96
24 hr	29.26^a ± 3.65	25.83^ab ± 5.68	26.57^ab ± 4.11	21.91^b ± 4.79
72 hr	31.47^a ± 4.85	26.29^b ± 3.32	28.82^ab ± 2.62	22.78^c ± 4.08
Day 7	32.26^a ± 2.49	28.82^ab ± 3.46	31.03^ab ± 6.86	25.98^b ± 4.51
Day 14	38.91^a ± 4.03	30.99^b ± 4.01	36.75^a ± 5.71	30.57^b ± 5.10
Day 21	31.52^a ± 3.54	31.67^a ± 2.95	32.82^a ± 7.44	30.40^a ± 6.28

MDA concentration (μmol/L)

12 hr	10.72^a ± 1.67	10.71^a ± 2.33	10.61^a ± 2.54	10.54^a ± 2.86
24 hr	11.69^a ± 2.37	12.14^a ± 4.39	13.39^a ± 4.45	11.39^a ± 2.89
72 hr	14.95^a ± 4.12	19.68^a ± 7.04	15.76^a ± 3.50	16.62^a ± 2.44
Day 7	10.09^a ± 2.98	6.97^b ± 1.87	7.92^ab ± 2.30	7.69^ab ± 2.72
Day 14	10.77^a ± 1.04	11.80^a ± 2.90	11.80^a ± 2.03	11.53^a ± 0.79
Day 21	10.07^a ± 5.08	10.30^a ± 3.45	7.19^a ± 1.93	7.15^a ± 1.55

GSH concentration (μmol/g protein content)

12 hr	11.15^a ± 2.10	13.38^ab ± 3.66	12.70^ab ± 1.60	16.02^b ± 4.63
24 hr	9.57^a ± 1.37	12.55^b ± 1.40	11.68^b ± 1.01	14.95^c ± 1.16
72 hr	9.21^a ± 1.12	11.58^b ± 1.29	10.78^b ± 0.93	13.80^c ± 1.07
Day 7	6.31^a ± 1.14	6.62^ab ± 1.09	7.71^bc ± 1.53	8.06^c ± 1.28
Day 14	6.96^a ± 0.81	7.86^a ± 1.20	8.51^ab ± 1.76	9.98^b ± 2.93
Day 21	9.42^a ± 1.89	9.79^a ± 1.43	10.01^ab ± 1.27	11.67^b ± 2.45

GPx activity (U/g protein content)

12 hr	8.18^a ± 1.75	11.07^ab ± 3.09	10.76^ab ± 1.82	12.60^b ± 4.45
24 hr	10.12^a ± 1.38	11.88^ab ± 2.71	10.96^a ± 2.09	13.60^b ± 2.97
72 hr	9.25^a ± 2.90	9.46^a ± 1.49	8.56^a ± 0.84	11.60^b ± 2.71
Day 7	8.40^a ± 1.40	9.72^a ± 0.95	9.39^a ± 1.32	11.58^b ± 1.90
Day 14	7.63^ab ± 1.69	8.69^ab ± 1.40	7.46^a ± 1.53	9.35^b ± 1.72
Day 21	9.89^a ± 1.09	9.63^a ± 1.69	8.40^a ± 1.41	9.60^a ± 2.25

^a,b

Means designated with different superscripts within rows are different significantly at p<0.05.