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Table 4.

Effects of xylanase supplementation on the concentrations of free sugars and some oligosaccharides (mg/g as received) in different sections of the gastrointestinal tract of broilers fed wheat-based diet

	Monosaccharide concentrations						Oligosaccharide concentrations

	Ribose	Arabinose	Xylose	Mannose	Galactose	Glucose	Isomaltose	Panose	Isomaltriose	1-Kestose
Crop
Control	0.27^bc	0.37^f	0.42^f	6.12^b	0.13^c	2.63^d	0.15^c	0.07^d	0.14^d	0.15^e
Xylanase	0.23^c	0.63^ef	0.72^f	6.18^b	0.21^bc	2.64^d	0.17^c	0.10^d	0.20^d	0.18^e
Gizzard
Control	0.22^c	0.42^f	0.55^f	6.33^b	0.25^ab	2.71^d	0.13^c	0.09^d	0.18^d	0.13^e
Xylanase	0.29^bc	0.85^de	1.19^de	6.20^b	0.23^b	2.74^d	0.10^c	0.15^d	0.17^d	0.14^e
Duodenum
Control	0.33^ab	0.65^ef	1.01^e	6.12^b	0.31^a	22.95^b	1.79^a	1.37^b	0.42^c	0.37^cd
Xylanase	0.31^b	1.18^bc	1.54^cd	6.27^b	0.29^ab	23.37^b	1.80^a	1.22^b	0.48^c	0.52^bc
Jejunum
Control	0.32^ab	1.08^cd	1.44^cd	7.39^a	0.33^a	50.81^a	2.14^a	2.41^a	1.14^ab	0.57^ab
Xylanase	0.37^a	1.49^b	1.93^b	7.47^a	0.31^a	51.80^a	2.22^a	2.15^a	1.25^a	0.65^a
Ileum
Control	0.35^a	1.37^b	1.66^bc	8.01^a	0.32^a	10.07^c	1.13^b	1.55^b	0.90^b	0.32^d
Xylanase	0.38^a	2.71^a	2.94^a	7.90^a	0.35^a	12.10^c	0.90^b	1.43^b	1.25^a	0.40^cd
Caecum
Control	0.24^c	0.58^ef	0.58^f	0.43^c	0.10^c	1.21^e	0.36^c	0.62^c	0.29^d	0.07^e
Xylanase	0.23^c	0.57^ef	0.55^f	0.44^c	0.13^c	1.29^e	0.32^c	0.60^c	0.36^cd	0.06^e
Pooled SEM	0.03	0.17	0.24	0.60	0.05	3.70	0.18	0.17	0.09	0.04
p-value
Sections of GIT	0.012	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.015	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Xylanase	0.630	0.036	0.020	0.992	0.951	0.954	0.912	0.573	0.901	0.794
Sections of GIT ×Xylanase	0.685	0.021	0.043	0.966	0.873	0.407	0.259	0.493	0.996	0.895

SEM, standard error of the mean; GIT, gastrointestinal tract.

Means within a column with no common superscripts differ significantly.