Table 8.
Effects of dietary enzyme products on viscosity of intestinal contents of broiler chicks1,2
| Item | Jejunum | Ileum |
| ----- mPa.s ----- |
| Control | 4.18 | 5.50a |
| T1 | 4.62 | 4.87a |
| T2 | 3.69 | 3.74b |
| T3 | 4.73 | 5.38a |
| T4 | 4.77 | 5.18a |
| Pooled SEM3 | 0.36 | 0.36 |
| P-values | 0.195 | 0.014 |
Data are expressed as means of six replicates per dietary group.
Control diet, balanced diet; T1, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 4,000 μ/g xylanase, 400 μ/g α-amylase, and 8,000 μ/g protease; T2, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 800 μ/g β-mannanase; T3, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 2,200 μ/g xylanase and 200 μ/g β-glucanase; T4, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 1,000 μ/g xylanase.
SEM, standard error of the mean.
Values with different superscripts within a column differ significantly (P<0.05).