Table 7. Effects of dietary supplementation of turmeric extract on storability in broiler chicks1),2)

Items NC PC Turmeric extract SEM p-value
20 ppm 200 ppm
TBARS (MDA mg/L)
 0 d 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.33 0.03 0.12
 5 d 0.61 0.60 0.60 0.57 0.05 0.09
 10 d 1.19b 1.23b 1.07a 1.01a 0.06 <0.05
VBN (mg %)
 0 d 2.77 2.78 2.73 2.70 0.12 0.12
 5 d 6.38 6.45 6.21 6.15 0.15 0.10
 10 d 9.58 9.63 9.49 9.38 0.18 0.08
Data are least squares means of 6 observations per treatment.
NC, antibiotic-free diet; PC, basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.
Means within the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).