Table 8.

Phytase activity in diet and digesta of broiler chicks fed diets with or without added microbial phytase from 8 to 22 days of age; activity measured at day 22

	NC: Low-P diet	NC +1000 FTU E. coli phytase kg−1	NC +1000 FTU P. lycii phytase kg−1
Feed, FTU kg−1	14	825	1152
Digesta, FTU kg−1 DM intake
Crop	67c	649a	404b
Proventriculus and gizzard	28b	406a	63b
Jejunum	29b	554a	25b
Ileum	16b	91a	6b

Means within a row not sharing a common letter differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Source: Onyango et al.³⁰