Table 6.
Serum endotoxin contents of Beijing You Chickens (EU/mL).
| Items | Serum endotoxin |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 42 d | 77 d | ||
| FB | 0.08 | 0.28 | |
| FG | 0.10 | 0.20 | |
| CB | 0.13 | 0.47 | |
| CG | 0.13 | 0.19 | |
| SEM | 0.007 | 0.040 | |
| Main effect | Basal | 0.11 | 0.37a |
| GOD | 0.12 | 0.20b | |
| Litter floor | 0.09b | 0.24 | |
| Cage | 0.13a | 0.33 | |
| P-value | GOD | 0.545 | 0.026 |
| Housing systems | 0.008 | 0.248 | |
| Housing systems × GOD | 0.231 | 0.190 | |
a–bMeans in the same column without the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). SEM means standard error of the mean. (n = 8).
Abbreviations: CB, rear in the cage fed with basal dietary; CG, rear in the cage fed with GOD; FB, rear on the litter floor fed with basal dietary; FG, rear on the litter floor fed with GOD dietary; GOD, glucose oxidase.