Table 4.
TBARS, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase in the serum of broiler chickens fed control or diets supplemented with a complex of biofactors and antioxidants undergoing early life stress.
| Treatment | MDA (uM) |
Gpx nmol/min/mL |
GR nmol/min/mL |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 d | 15 d | 7 d | 15 d | 15 d | |
| Control | 21.7 | 25.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 34.9b |
| P(BF+AOx)1 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 45.3a |
| SEM | 1.80 | 1.14 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 2.72 |
| P value | 0.56 | 0.38 | 0.55 | 0.69 | 0.04 |
1
Protected complex of biofactors and antioxidants; MDA: Malondialdehyde; Gpx: glutathione peroxidase; GR: glutathione reductase SEM: Standard error of mean.
a,b
P < 0.05; n = 12 replicate pens/treatment and 30 birds/pen.