Table 7.

Particle size distribution of jejunal digesta of broilers and pigs fed diets based on different cereals, expressed as calculated volume percentage

Species	Diet	Volume of particles (%)
		0–0·1 mm	0·1–0·2 mm	0·2–0·5 mm	0·5–1 mm	1–1·6 mm	1·6–2 mm
Broiler chicken	Maize	30·4	16·1b	29·2	18·9a	4·97a	0·31
	Barley	26·5	16·3b	32·1	20·1a	4·85a	0·22
	Oat	32·3	19·9a	31·8	13·3b	2·48b	0·10
Pig	Maize	33·7	16·6b	28·9	16·8ab	3·92ab	0·17
	Barley	24·6	16·2b	32·7	20·6a	5·44a	0·36
	Oat	30·9	17·4ab	28·5	18·0ab	4·87a	0·22
Pooled sem		2·112	0·621	1·147	1·278	0·552	0·072
Effect of species
Broiler chicken		29·8	17·4	31·0	17·4	4·10	0·21
Pig		29·7	16·7	30·1	18·5	4·74	0·25
Effect of diet
	Maize	32·0a	16·3	29·1b	17·8	4·45	0·24
	Barley	25·5b	16·2	32·4a	20·4	5·15	0·29
	Oat	31·7a	18·6	30·2ab	15·7	3·68	0·16
P
Species		0·999	0·172	0·289	0·336	0·161	0·477
Diet		0·004	0·003	0·016	0·002	0·036	0·158
Interaction		0·410	0·041	0·206	0·032	0·011	0·075

sem, standard error of the mean.

^a,bValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0·05.