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Table 4 Selenium concentration in serum and tissues of broiler chicken fed different Se sources

From: The effect of dietary bacterial organic selenium on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and Selenoproteins gene expression in broiler chickens

Parameters

Dietary treatmentsa

SEM

P value

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

Anova

B

O

Serum μg/l

38.79c

50.94b

42.07c

58.61ab

61.21a

2.14

<.0001

0.0002

0.3705

Liver μg/kg

124.9b

146.3ab

153.5ab

170.4a

133.5b

5.03

0.0246

0.0226

0.0476

Kidney μg/kg

114.9c

136.5b

178.5a

148.4b

143.2b

4.98

<.0001

<.0001

0.0155

  1. B Basal diet VS Se supplemented diets, O Organic Se VS inorganic Se, p < 0.05 = significant differences
  2. a-c Means with different letter within a row differed significantly
  3. aT1; basal diet, T2; basal diet +0.3 mg/ kg feed sodium selenite, T3; basal diet +0.3 mg/ kg feed ADS1 Se, T4; basal diet +0.3 mg/ kg feed ADS2 Se, T5; basal diet +0.3 mg/ kg feed ADS18 Se