Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 6 Serum antioxidant indicators of the laying hens. Data are presented as means (SD)^a

From: Effects of dietary phosphorous supplementation on laying performance, egg quality, bone health and immune responses of laying hens challenged with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide

NPP, %	LPS	MDA, nmol/mL	TAOC, U/mL	T-SOD, U/mL	GSH-Px, U/mL
0.12	–	3.33	5.70	103.5	3173
0.12	+	5.53	6.78	118.5	2790
0.40	–	1.98	8.95	120.1	2846
0.40	+	3.38	3.40	107.5	2666
SEM		0.60	0.89	2.92	82
Main effect means
NPP
0.12		4.43^b	6.30	111.0	2982
0.40		2.60^c	6.18	113.8	2756
LPS
–		2.65^c	7.51	119.3^b	3010
+		4.58^b	5.09	105.5^c	2728
P-value
NPP		0.036	0.971	0.609	0.158
LPS		0.032	0.218	0.019	0.083
NPP × LPS		0.605	0.076	0.819	0.514

^aMeans were calculated on n = 5 replicates (one laying hens per replicate) per treatment
^b-cWithin comparisons, means in a column with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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