Effects of Selenium and Cadmium on Breast Muscle Fatty-Acid Composition and Gene Expression of Liver Antioxidant Proteins in Broilers

The present work was part of a project intended to evaluate whether organic selenium (Se) has the potential to protect against toxic effects exerted by cadmium (Cd). For this reason, 300 as-hatched, one-day-old broiler chickens were randomly allocated in four dietary treatments with five replicate p...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Zoidis, George Papadomichelakis, Athanasios C. Pappas, Georgios Theodorou, Kostas Fegeros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Antioxidants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/8/5/147