Table 8.

Effect of APO on magnum and ovary antioxidant capacity of broiler breeders with different egg laying rates.

Item1		Magnum			Ovary
		SOD	T-AOC	MDA	SOD	T-AOC	MDA
Laying	APO
AR	−	33.28	0.16	0.54	189.21	0.66	1.33
AR	+	39.46	0.20	0.57	245.11	0.76	0.78
LR	−	31.10	0.16	0.48	122.31	0.54	2.54
LR	+	35.58	0.15	0.35	167.40	0.67	1.88
SEM		2.32	0.02	0.08	25.6	0.10	0.20
P-value		0.10	0.50	0.22	0.01	0.03	<0.01
Main effect
Laying	AR	36.37	0.18	0.55	216.09	0.72	1.56
	LR	33.34	0.16	0.41	154.76	0.56	2.63
APO	−	32.19	0.16	0.51	155.71	0.56	1.98
	+	37.52	0.17	0.46	209.54	0.76	1.33
SEM		1.64	0.02	0.06	19.54	0.09	0.12
P-value
Laying		0.21	0.37	0.09	0.01	0.04	0.05
APO		0.03	0.56	0.5	0.03	0.03	<0.01
Laying∗APO		0.72	0.28	0.35	0.72	0.28	0.35

Abbreviations: APO, 200 mg/kg apple pectic oligosaccharide; AR, average egg laying rate; LR, low egg laying rate; MDA, malondialdehyde; SOD, superoxide dismutase; T-AOC, total antioxidant capacity.

¹Each mean represents 2 layers/replicate, 8 replicates/treatment.