The impact of vitamin E and/or selenium dietary supplementation on growth parameters and expression levels of the growth-related genes in broilers

Table 3 Effect of dietary vitamin E and/or selenium supplementation on the feed intake (g) of broilers

Groups Items	Control	Vit. E	Se	Vit. E + Se
1 week	119.44±3.93 ^b	127.09±1.21 ^ab	132.93±2.78 ^a	122.17±1.92 ^b
2 weeks	372.90±1.67^a	365.13±2.57^b	372.73±2.88^a	354.00±1.87^c
3 weeks	656.18±0.93^a	619.51±1.14^c	649.62±0.66^b	614.97±2.22^d
4 weeks	772.12±0.99 ^c	745.12±2.18 ^d	792.72±2.26^b	802.45±2.75^a
5 weeks	960.28±0.21^a	912.07±1.04 ^c	876.20±2.25^d	923.02±1.53^b
Total feed intake (g)	2880.91 3.18 ^a	2768.93 1.94 ^c	2824.28 1.28 ^b	2816.60 3.80 ^b

Values are means ± standard error. Mean values with different letters at the same row significantly at (P≤0.05). Vit. E= group supplemented with vitamin E; Se= group supplemented with selenium; Vit. E + Se=group supplemented with vitamin E and selenium

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