Table 5. Effect of supplementing vitamin E and nanoparticle-sized vitamin E on meat storage in broilers1

Items CON T1 T2 SE P-value
d 0
 TBA (mg MDA/kg) 0.18 0.15 0.17 0.009 0.272
 VBN (mg%) 14.53 14.39 13.95 0.235 0.231
d 7
 TBA (mg MDA/kg) 0.27a 0.24ab 0.21b 0.011 0.004
 VBN (mg%) 20.42 19.68 19.26 0.374 0.125
CON, basal diet; T1, basal diet+380 mg/kg of vitamin E; T2, basal diet+380 mg/kg of nanoparticle-sized vitamin E; TBA, thiobarbituric acid; MDA, malondialdehyde; VBN, total volatile basic nitrogen; SE, standard error.
Means within column with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).