Role of oregano and Citrus species-based essential oil preparation for the control of coccidiosis in broiler chickens

Table 4 Effects of the dietary essential oil preparation on the serum antioxidant and immunity markers in coccidiosis vaccine-challenged broiler chickens¹

Item	Treatment²				SEM	P-value
Item	CON	INFECT	SAL	EO	SEM	P-value
d 20
SOD activity, %	96.2	94.3	96.4	95.0	0.540	0.059
Glutathione, μmol/L	139.0	136.3	135.3	138.3	1.384	0.241
α1-AGP, μg/mL	211.8^b	551.1^ab	392.7^b	760.8^a	101.09	0.026
Nitric oxide, μmol/L	19.8	21.1	17.2	19.7	1.245	0.254

¹Values represent the mean of 7 replicates per treatment (n = 7/treatment)
²CON Non-challenged naïve control, INFECT Challenged control, SAL Challenged/salinomycin-added diet, EO Challenged/essential oil-added diet, SOD Superoxide dismutase, α1-AGP Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, SEM Standard error of the means
^a-bMeans with different superscripted letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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