TABLE 5.
Effects of dietary LBPs supplementation on serum antioxidant activity of weaned piglets.
Items1 | Treatments2 |
SEM3 | P-value | ||
CON | ABO | LBPs | |||
T-AOC, U/mL | 2.91b | 3.31a | 3.24a | 0.045 | 0.004 |
GSH-Px, U/mL | 319b | 347a | 338a | 2.49 | 0.001 |
SOD, U/mL | 189 | 184 | 197 | 3.81 | 0.403 |
MDA, nmol/mL | 7.08a | 4.81b | 5.41b | 0.224 | 0.001 |
1T-AOC, Total antioxidant capacity; GSH-Px, Glutathione peroxidase; SOD, Superoxide dismutase; MDA, Malondialdehyde.
2Treatments consisted of (1) CON; basal diet, (2) LBPs; basal diet + 4,000 mg/kg LBPs and (3) ABO; basal diet + 20 mg/kg flavomycin + 50 mg/kg quinocetone.
3SEM, pooled standard error of mean (n = 8).
a,bMeans within each row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).