Does supplemental zeolite (clinoptilolite) affect growth performance, meat texture, oxidative stress and production of polyunsaturated fatty acid of Turkey poults?

Table 6 Redox status in the liver (a) and the meat (b) of turkey poults fed diets with supplemental zeolite

Parameters (5a female)	BD(0%Z) Mean ± SD	BD(1%Z) Mean ± SD	BD(2%Z) Mean ± SD	Pa-value	Ps-value
MDA (nmoles/mg prot)					0%Z VS 1%Z	0%Z VS 2%Z
female
Female liver	1.17 ± 0.11	1.07 ± 0.19	1.00 ± 0.05	0.171	0.343	0.015*
Male liver	1.05 ± 0.11	1.00 ± 0.18	0.90 ± 0.02	0.182	0.575	0.017*
SOD (U/mg prot)
Female liver	115.71 ± 10.89	117.82 ± 9.36	118,13 ± 10.29	0.920	0.751	0.727
Male liver	105.76 ± 17.71	109.88 ± 11.08	111.44 ± 10.51	0.717	0.588	0.449
CAT (μmole H2O2/min/mg prot)
Female liver	0.32 ± 0.08	0.27 ± 0.13	0. 27 ± 0.03	0.648	0.517	0.276
Male liver	0.33 ± 0.06	0.30 ± 0.11	0. 29 ± 0.04	0.745	0.663	0.316
GPx (U/mg prot)
Female liver	1.65 ± 0.25	1.81 ± 0.32	1.83 ± 0.27	0.564	0.401	0.317
Male liver	1.71 ± 0.26	1.75 ± 0.28	1.87 ± 0.19	0.595	0.845	0.313
male
Female meat	0.62 ± 0.11	0.59 ± 0.08	0.48 ± 0.10	0.065	0.621	0.043*
Male meat	0.47 ± 0.06	0.43 ± 0.10	0.35 ± 0.06	0.116	0.567	0.023*
SOD (U/mg prot)
Female meat	44.89 ± 2.27	46.22 ±2.07	46.49 ± 2.40	0.506	0.363	0.311
Male meat	43.95 ± 1.97	46.14 ± 2.86	46.71 ± 2.20	0.196	0.197	0.071
CAT (μmole H2O2/min/mg prot)
Female meat	0.38 ± 0.07	0.35 ± 0.05	0.34 ± 0.04	0.593	0.525	0.351
Male meat	0.34 ± 0.07	0.30 ± 0.05	0.24 ± 0.04	0.072	0.405	0.043*
GPx (U/mg prot)
Female meat	0.56 ± 0.19	0.73 ± 0.09	0.76 ± 0.18	0.179	0.133	0.146
Male meat	1.01 ± 0.14	1.07 ± 0.19	1.03 ± 0.09	0.816	0.587	0.745

BD basal diet, Pa-value P-value ANOVA, Ps-value P-value t-test student,
*: a significance difference between the mean/SD values,
Unit (U) represents 1 umol/L copper reducing equivalents per mg of protein in liver and meat

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