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Table 5 Antioxidant status of laying hens1

From: Dietary supplementation of Macleaya cordata extract and Bacillus in combination improve laying performance by regulating reproductive hormones, intestinal microbiota and barrier function of laying hens

Item

Control

MCE

PBC

MCE + PBC

SEM

P-value

T-AOC, U/mL

5.06b

6.53a

5.83ab

6.73a

0.42

0.011

T-SOD, U/mL

106.02

109.48

104.71

111.30

4.28

0.679

CAT, U/mL

2.18b

2.62b

2.88b

5.81a

0.66

 < 0.001

GSH-Px, U/mL

2287.61

2452.89

2667.77

2547.11

103.69

0.054

MDA, nmol/mL

2.73

2.25

2.56

2.15

0.25

0.333

  1. 1Results are the means of each group of 6 laying hens. T-AOC total anti-oxidant capacity, T-SOD total superoxide dismutase, CAT catalase, GSH-Px glutathione peroxidase, MDA malondialdehyde, SEM standard error of mean
  2. a−bValue differences in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891