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. 2021 Apr 9;17:151. doi: 10.1186/s12917-021-02855-4

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
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%