Table 4.
Effects of dietary selenium levels and sources on selenium tissue concentration of 17-d-old broiler chickens*
Selenium source1 | Selenium levels, mg/kg | Means | SEM2 | P-value | ||||||||
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0.0 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.32 | Source | Level | S X L3 | L4 | Q5 | |||
Liver, mg/kg | ||||||||||||
Means | 1.55 | 1.47 | 1.41 | 1.37 | 1.33 | 0.06 | 0.288 | 0.504 | 0.185 | 0.074 | 0.764 | |
SS | 1.41 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.54 | 1.44 | 1.47 | 0.790 | 0.600 | ||||
SY | 1.69 A | 1.45 AB | 1.36 AB | 1.18 B | 1.24 AB | 1.38 | 0.006 | 0.343 | ||||
Breast muscle, mg/kg | ||||||||||||
Means | 0.296 | 0.279 | 0.278 | 0.292 | 0.267 | 0.08 | 0.311 | 0.516 | 0.501 | 0.293 | 0.999 | |
SS | 0.307 | 0.258 | 0.272 | 0.292 | 0.253 | 0.277 | 0.214 | 0.700 | ||||
SY | 0.285 | 0.299 | 0.284 | 0.293 | 0.281 | 0.288 | 0.811 | 0.700 |
* Values represented on a dry matter basis
1 SS sodium selenite, SY selenium enriched-yeast
2 Standard error of means
3 Interactive effects between selenium and trace minerals sources and selenium levels
4 Linear effect of supplementation selenium levels
5 Quadratic effect of supplementation selenium levels
A-B Different uppercase letters in the same line are different by Tukey test at 5%