The effect of wheat prebiotics on the gut bacterial population and iron status of iron deficient broiler chickens

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Blood hemoglobin (Hb) concentration (g/dL), liver ferritin protein amounts, and duodenal mRNA abundance of DMT1, Dcytb and ferroportin in broiler chickens fed with different flour and bread samples

Sample	Blood Hb	Liver ferritin	Dcytb	DMT1	Ferroportin
DH line number 7	10.22 ± 1.40	0.56 ± 0.02	0.65 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.05	0.69 ± 0.02
DH line number 121	11.31 ± 1.40	0.56 ± 0.02	0.65 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.04	0.68 ± 0.04
DH line number 114	10.50 ± 1.65	0.55 ± 0.04	0.65 ± 0.03	0.75 ± 0.04	0.68 ± 0.03
DH line number 150	10.91 ± 2.05	0.56 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.02	0.76 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.02
Crusty white bread mix flour	10.64 ± 1.79	0.55 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.03	0.76 ± 0.03	0.69 ± 0.03
White yeast leavened bread	11.13 ± 1.50	0.55 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.03
White chapatti bread	11.59 ± 0.88	0.55 ± 0.04	0.66 ± 0.05	0.76 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.04
Wholemeal bread mix flour	11.32 ± 1.39	0.55 ± 0.03	0.66 ± 0.03	0.75 ± 0.03	0.69 ± 0.03
Wholemeal yeast leavened bread	11.59 ± 1.36	0.56 ± 0.02	0.65 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.03	0.69 ± 0.03
Wholemeal chapatti bread	10.61 ± 0.89	0.56 ± 0.04	0.65 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.02	0.69 ± 0.02

Changes in mRNA abundance are expressed relative to the expression of 18S rRNA in arbitrary units (AU). Values are means +/− SD (n = 10).

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