Effects of cottonseed meal on growth performance, liver redox status, and serum biochemical parameters in goslings at 1 to 28 days of age

Table 5 Effects of cottonseed meal on the reactive oxygen metabolites, malondialdehyde, and protein carbonyl concentrations in the liver of goslings at 28 d of age

Item	Control^a	CSM₂₅	CSM₅₀	CSM₇₅	CSM₁₀₀	SEM	P-value
Item	Control^a	CSM₂₅	CSM₅₀	CSM₇₅	CSM₁₀₀	SEM	Treatment	Linear	Quadratic
Reactive oxygen metabolites (mmol H₂O₂/g protein)	50.14	49.17	55.18	58.99	51.23	1.524	0.222	0.260	0.212
Malondialdehyde (nmol/mg protein)	0.63	0.56	0.76	0.60	0.60	0.048	0.776	0.983	0.634
Protein carbonyl (nmol/mg protein)	1.84	2.05	1.83	1.96	1.73	0.124	0.945	0.727	0.631

^aControl group was fed a corn-soybean meal basal diet; CSM, cottonseed meal; CSM₂₅, CSM₅₀, CSM₇₅, and CSM₁₀₀ indicate that 25, 50, 75, and 100% of the protein content provided by soybean meal in the control diet was replaced with CSM respectively. SEM Standard errors of the mean

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