Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 Effects of in ovo feeding of vitamin C on plasma and tissue vitamin C content of one-day-old broiler chicks (μg/mg prot)

From: Exploring the effectiveness of in ovo feeding of vitamin C based on the embryonic vitamin C synthesis and absorption in broiler chickens

Items	Treatments			SEM	P-value
Items	CON¹	NS²	VC³	SEM	P-value
Plasma, μg/mL	18.50^b	14.62^b	26.68^a	1.649	0.003
Brain	6.82^b	7.94^ab	10.81^a	0.737	0.065
Kidney	3.24^b	3.17^b	4.45^a	0.242	0.041
Liver	1.69^b	1.60^b	2.51^a	0.137	0.004
Lung	0.42	0.35	0.32	0.040	0.622
Heart	0.39	0.20	0.33	0.037	0.107
Hatching muscle	0.71	0.89	0.84	0.125	0.855

^{a, b} Means within a row with different superscript letters are different at P < 0.05. ¹ CON, non-injected control group; ² NS, normal saline injected group; ³ VC, vitamin C injected group. n = 8

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