Table 8. Effects of dietary supplementation of grape seed proanthocyanidin on meat storage stability in broiler chicks1),2)

NC PC Proanthocyanidin SEM p-value
10ppm 100ppm
TBARS (MDA mg/L)
 0d 0.35 0.34 0.31 0.30 0.01 0.12
 7d 0.63a 0.65a 0.51b 0.47c 0.02 0.09
VBN (mg %)
 0d 2.77 2.70 2.68 2.64 0.36 0.12
 7d 8.52 8.65 8.25 8.12 0.48 0.10
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)