Table 6.

Intestinal antioxidant status of Partridge Shank chickens fed diets supplemented with or without MOS.

Items	Control	0.5 g/kg MOS	1 g/kg MOS	1.5 g/kg MOS	SEM	p-Value
						L	Q
Jejunum
T-SOD (U/mL)
Days 21	1112	1179	1147	1195	26.42	0.345	0.175
Days 42	1180	1158	1155	1283	29.67	0.260	0.219
MDA (nmol/ mL)
Days 21	6.99	3.76	3.53	3.92	0.44	0.004	0.024
Days 42	7.42	9.40	7.07	6.04	0.46	0.112	0.095
Ileum
T-SOD (U/mL)
Days 21	1040	1038	1185	1219	29.58	0.081	0.430
Days 42	1069	1071	1043	1162	19.89	0.698	0.196
MDA (nmol/ mL)
Days 21	6.34	6.25	8.20	5.28	0.49	0.770	0.146
Days 42	7.10	13.56	10.50	6.51	0.73	0.244	<0.001

MOS = mannooligosaccharide; MDA = malondialdehyde; T-SOD = total superoxide dismutase; SEM = standard error of means (each treatment included 48 chickens and consisted of 6 replicates); L = linear; Q = quadratic.