Table 5.

Effect of the supplementation of dietary exogenous non-starch polysaccharidases on serum hormones of fattening sheep.

Items	Treatment 1				SEM	p-value 2
	CON	T1	T2	T3		Treat	Linear	Quadratic
GH	7.88c	10.19b	11.66ab	12.21a	0.383	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
IGH-1	823.94d	1066.78c	1261.15b	1543.32a	53.936	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Leptin	7.48c	8.99bc	9.81b	11.97a	0.379	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
IgA	179.92c	232.16b	264.90a	284.97a	8.385	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
IgG	47.92c	56.28b	61.97ab	65.91a	1.597	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
IgM	1526.02b	2210.20a	2273.15a	2406.33a	69.580	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

GH, growth hormone; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1.

¹Different supplementary levels (CON, control group; T1, 0.1% NSPases/kg DMI; T2, 0.3% NSPases/kg DMI; T3, 0.5% NSPases/kg DMI).

²Treat, Linear and Quadratic represent treat, linear, and quadratic effects, respectively, of NSPase supplementation.

^a–cValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05.