Table 3 |
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| Liver ferritin protein and liver iron1concentration in chicken given the treatment diets | ||
| Treatment | Liver ferritin1,μg/gwet weight | Liver iron2,μg/gtissue |
| "High + Fe" | 650±18a | 64.3±3.8a |
| "Low + Fe" | 645±22a | 39.6±2.3c |
| "High" | 435±13b | 52.2±3.1b |
| "Low" | 355±10c | 43.3±2.5c |
a,b,cWithin a column and for each parameter (i.e. liver ferritin or liver Fe), treatment group means without a common letter differ, P< 0.05 (values are mean±SEM, n=10).
1Atomic mass for iron is 55.8 g/mol.
2Liver tissue iron concentrations analysis is described in the materials and methods section.
Tako et al. Nutrition Journal 2013 12:3 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-3
