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Two hundred one-day-old male broilers, divided into five groups, were fed with basal diet (control group), 0.3 mg\/kg AFB1 (AFB1 group), 0.3 mg\/kg AFB1 + 0.2 mg\/kg Se (+Se group I), 0.3 mg\/kg AFB1 + 0.4 mg\/kg Se (+Se group II) and 0.3 mg\/kg AFB1 + 0.6 mg\/kg Se (+Se group III), respectively. According to biochemical assays, AFB1 significantly decreased the activities of glutathione peroxidase, total superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, catalase and the level of glutathione hormone, while it increased the level of malondialdehyde. Moreover, AFB1 increased the percentage of apoptosis cells by flow cytometry and the occurrence of apoptotic cells by TUNEL assay. Simultaneous supplementation with sodium selenite restored these parameters to be close to those in control group. 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