Table 5.

The antioxidant indices in the cecum of piglets at days 0, 1, 3, 7, and 14 post-weaning¹

Item	Day post-weaning					SEM	P-value
	0	1	3	7	14
MDA, nmol/mg prot	0.36b	0.29b	0.57a	0.20c	0.29b	0.02	<0.001
CAT, U/ mg prot	1.75cd	1.15d	2.60ab	2.15bc	2.87a	0.13	<0.001
T-SOD, U/ mg prot	128.17abc	151.93a	121.77bc	110.18c	141.35ab	4.41	0.020
CuZn-SOD, U/ mg prot	100.11b	120.01a	100.81b	88.10b	104.10ab	3.00	0.015
Mn-SOD, U/ mg prot	28.06ab	31.92ab	20.97b	22.08b	37.24a	1.80	0.014

¹ Values are presented as means with SEM (n = 8).

^a–dValues carrying different superscripts are significant statistical differences (P < 0.05).