. 2020 Sep 12;99(12):6462–6473. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.061

Table 7.

Effect of selenium (Se) sources and inclusion levels in diets on Se concentrations in the tissues of broiler chickens.

Items	Added Se (mg/kg)	Se concentrations in the tissues (mg/kg)
Items	Added Se (mg/kg)	Breast	Liver	Feather
CON¹	0	0.25^d	0.32^d	0.67^d
Organic Se	5	0.51^b,c,d	0.63^c	1.81^c
	10	0.67^a,b	0.85^b	2.68^b
	15	0.91^a	1.18^a	4.32^a
Inorganic Se	5	0.32^c,d	0.57^c	1.57^c
	10	0.58^b,c	0.81^b	2.32^b,c
	15	0.65^a,b	0.93^b	3.09^b
SEM (n = 6)		0.010	0.054	0.296
Main effect
Se source
Organic Se		0.70	0.89	2.94
Inorganic Se		0.52	0.77	2.32
SEM (n = 18)		0.061	0.034	0.183
Se level
5		0.42^b	0.60^c	1.69^c
10		0.63^a,b	0.83^b	2.50^b
15		0.78^a	1.06^a	3.70^a
SEM (n = 12)		0.075	0.041	0.225
P-values
1-way ANOVA		<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
2-way ANOVA
Se source		<0.05	0.02	0.02
Se level		<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Source × level		0.73	0.17	0.25
Contrast
Se level (linear)		<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Se level (quadratic)		0.78	0.94	0.50

^a–eMeans with different superscripts within a column differ (P < 0.05).

CON: control diet (basal diet).