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Table 3.

Effects of dietary algae-derived polysaccharides (ADP) on antioxidant capacity of bursa of Fabricius in broilers under heat stress.

Items	TN	HS	HSA	SEM	P-value
T-SOD, U/mg protein	350.87	345.08	371.98	10.29	0.293
GSH-Px, U/mg protein	39.43	32.90	37.41	5.10	0.595
CAT, U/mg protein	1.91	1.83	1.75	0.12	0.573
GST, U/mg protein	30.76^a	22.80^b	23.62^b	1.38	0.003
T-AOC, mmol/mg protein	42.34^a	32.05^b	28.68^b	1.51	0.001
MDA, nmol/mg protein	1.45^b	2.01^a	1.78^a	0.10	0.011

TN, thermoneutral zone group (23.6 ± 1.8°C); HS, heat stress group (33.2 ± 1.5°C for 10 h/day); HSA, heat stress + ADP group (supplemented with 1,000 mg/kg ADP); SEM, standard error of mean; T-SOD, total superoxide dismutase; GSH-Px, glutathione peroxidase; CAT, catalase; GST, glutathione-S transferase; T-AOC, total anti-oxidation capacity; MDA, malondialdehyde.

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Different superscript letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05).