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. 2013 Jul;26(7):987–994. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12545

Table 3.

Effects of NCLI (2%) and MCLI (2%) on the relative length (cm/kg) and relative weights (g/kg) of small intestine in broilers

Items1 Diet treatments
SEM p value
Control2 NCLI2 MCLI2
1 to 21 d
  Relative length
    Duodenum 34.47 31.55 31.05 0.84 0.206
    Jejunum 73.50 74.26 73.60 0.69 0.980
    Ileum 67.71 69.63 70.74 0.63 0.606
  Relative weights
    Duodenum 9.52 8.62 8.59 0.29 0.347
    Jejunum 14.67 15.35 15.87 0.37 0.433
    Ileum 10.34 10.73 11.10 0.22 0.384
22 to 42 d
  Relative length
    Duodenum 11.27 10.71 10.59 0.39 0.769
    Jejunum 25.04a 24.44a 29.54b 0.94 0.042
    Ileum 28.70 28.17 31.97 0.85 0.140
  Relative weights
    Duodenum 7.61a 3.95b 5.34c 0.43 0.002
    Jejunum 8.44a 8.37a 10.56b 0.41 0.036
    Ileum 8.05 7.93 9.03 0.22 0.079
1

Data represent means from 8 replicates per treatment, SEM = Standard error of mean.

2

Control = Basal diet; NCLI = Basal diet supplemented with 2% natural Clinoptilolite; MCLI = Basal diet supplemented with 2% formic acid modified clinoptilolite.

3

Means with different superscript letters in the same line differ significantly; Lowercases represent p<0.05.