Table 2 Total antioxidant status (TAS) in the egg yolk, yolk memrane, resudial yolk membrane and liver, and plasma testosterone concentration of male broiler chicks exposed to in ovo L-carnitine injection

In ovo L-carnitine injection (Group)

 C

0.57 ± 0.04^A

1.66 ± 0.04

67.39 ± 3.77^B

 IOPW

0.41 ± 0.04^B

1.60 ± 0.03

77.67 ± 4.45^AB

 IOPW + L–car

0.45 ± 0.05^AB

1.61 ± 0.03

88.90 ± 4.26^A

 P value

0.053

0.881

0.003

Age, day

 Embryonic age 0¹

1.75 ± 0.06^A

⁻

⁻

 19

0.54 ± 0.04^B

⁻

⁻

 Chick age 0²

0.42 ± 0.03^B

1.73 ± 0.02^A

63.13 ± 3.94^B

 3

-

1.59 ± 0.03^B

89.41 ± 4.25^A

 7

-

1.53 ± 0.04^B

81.44 ± 4.33^A

 P value

P < .001

0.008

P < 001

Group*Age

 P value

0.051

0.043

0.027