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).