Table 4. Fecal nitrogen and phosphorus contents according to dietary crude protein and additional Phytase levels

Treatments Nitrogen (%) Phosphorus (%)
CP (%) Phytase (FTU/kg)
20 1,000 3.16bc 1.08d
800 3.67a 1.14bcd
500 2.97bc 1.09cd
19 1,000 3.05bc 1.18abc
800 3.37ab 1.12bcd
500 3.02bc 1.13bcd
18 1,000 2.88c 1.24a
800 3.07bc 1.20ab
500 2.95bc 1.21ab
SEM1 0.275 0.059
CP (%)
20 3.27 1.10b
19 3.15 1.14b
18 2.97 1.21a
SEM3 0.323 0.059
Phytase (ppm)
1,000 3.03b 1.17
800 3.37a 1.15
500 2.98b 1.14
SEM2 0.298 0.076
P-Value
Crude protein 0.09 <0.01
Phytase <0.01 0.77
Phytase × CP 0.01 <0.01
SEM, standard error of means (n = 4).
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<0.01).