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. 2015 Dec 4;10(12):e0144127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144127

Table 5. Effect of dietary treatment on the coefficient of apparent ileal digestibility (CAID) and the coefficient of apparent total tract digestibility (CATTD) of dry matter (DM), nitrogen (N), ash, gross energy (GE) and crude oil (least square means and SEM).

Control Chitosan SEM P value
CAID %
DM 79.05 73.01 1.800 0.035
N 73.77 64.01 3.637 0.084
Ash 37.02 35.51 8.709 0.906
GE 78.69 72.31 1.848 0.032
CATTD %
DM 82.01 81.00 0.500 0.192
N 79.89 78.06 0.481 0.019
Ash 50.24 47.96 3.165 0.620
GE 81.30 80.25 0.354 0.050
Crude oil 78.86 77.29 1.649 0.515

SEM, standard error of the mean.