Table 8.

The Se deposition efficiency in whole eggs over the 84 d feeding period (%).¹

Item	Blank control	Supplemental Se level (mg/kg of diet, SY)				SEM	P-value
		0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4		Se	Linear	Quadratic
28 d	81.94a	66.30b	64.65b,c	60.74b,c	59.44c	1.736	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
56 d	78.10a	73.28a,b	71.36a,b	68.32b	66.37b	1.239	<0.001	<0.001	0.002
84 d	74.61a,b	80.89a	75.75a,b	75.52a,b	70.94b	1.033	0.036	0.082	0.010

^a–cMeans without a common superscripts with a row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: Se, Selenium; SY, Se-enriched yeast.

¹Values are means of 6 replicates per dietary treatment.