Table 3. Fecal nitrogen and phosphorus contents according to dietary crude protein and additional phytase levels
Phytase (ppm) | CP (%) | Nitrogen (%) | Phosphorus (%) |
1,000 | 22 | 3.66ab | 1.18a |
21 | 3.42cd | 1.20a |
20 | 3.45bcd | 1.22a |
800 | 22 | 3.74a | 1.17a |
21 | 3.57abcd | 1.17a |
20 | 3.38cd | 1.09b |
500 | 22 | 3.77a | 0.99c |
21 | 3.59abc | 1.00c |
20 | 3.36d | 1.10b |
SEM1 | | 0.132 | 0.044 |
Phytase (ppm) |
1,000 | | 3.51 | 1.20a |
800 | | 3.56 | 1.14a |
500 | | 3.57 | 1.03b |
SEM2 | | 0.191 | 0.089 |
CP (%) |
22 | | 3.72a | 1.11 |
21 | | 3.52b | 1.12 |
20 | | 3.40c | 1.14 |
SEM3 | | 0.133 | 0.092 |
P-value |
Phytase | | 0.70 | <0.01 |
CP | | <0.01 | 0.85 |
Phytase × CP | | <0.01 | <0.01 |
SEM, standard error of means (n=36).
SEM, standard error of means (n=12).
SEM, standard error of means (n=12).
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).