Effect of dietary oridonin supplementation on growth performance, gut health, and immune response of broilers infected with Salmonella pullorum

Table 5 Effect of oridonin on the jejunal mucosa antioxidation function of broilers challenged with S. pullorum

Items	Diet					SEM²	P-value
Items	CON	SCC	O1	O2	O3	SEM²	P-value
Day 7
SOD (unit/mg prot)	230	200	218	230	241	7.49	0.508
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	0.23^ab	0.29^a	0.22^ab	0.21^ab	0.19^b	0.01	0.019
Day 14
SOD (unit/mg prot)	70^a	63^b	64^b	67^ab	78^a	1.67	0.021
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	0.24	0.29	0.30	0.24	0.21	0.02	0.052
Day 21
SOD (unit/mg prot)	184	144	147	164	171	6.16	0.125
MDA (nmol/mg prot)	0.42^b	0.94^a	0.53^b	0.48^b	0.43^b	0.04	0.007

¹CON = nonchallenge control, SCC = Salmonella-challenged control, O1 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 50 mg/kg ORI; O2 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 80 mg/kg ORI, O3 = S. pullorum challenge fed the basal diet plus 100 mg/kg ORI
²SEM = standard error of mean
^3,a,b,cValues within a row not sharing the same superscript are different at P < 0.05; n = 6

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