Table 3.
Effects of oxidative stress induced by H2O2 on the growth performance of broilers.
| Treatments2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items1 | Control | Saline | H2O2 | SEM | P value |
| ADFI (g/bird/day) | 107.41 | 104.05 | 105.05 | 1.81 | 0.765 |
| ADG (g/bird/day) | 57.08a | 55.72a | 49.54b | 1.16 | 0.008 |
| F/G (g/g) | 1.88b | 1.86b | 2.13a | 0.04 | 0.001 |
a,b
Means in a row without a common superscript letter significantly differ (P < 0.05). The results are represented as the mean value with pooled SEM (n = 6).
1
Abbreviations: ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily gain; F/G, feed to gain ratio.
2
The control group was the noninjected treatment. The saline group: birds were injected with physiological saline buffer (0.75%). The H2O2 group: birds were given an injection of 10.0% H2O2.