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. 2017 Jul 10;12(7):e0180884. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180884

Table 5. Effects of Kluyveromyces marxianus on intestinal biochemical indicies1 of broilers (21 d of age).

Dose
(g/kg)
Jejunum Ileum
sIgA AKP Suc Mal sIgA AKP Suc Mal
0 3.02 0.87 136.78 295.59 5.36 0.68 166.97 242.86
0.25 3.35 1.01 154.72 294.18 5.00 0.71 174.62 232.40
0.50 2.89 0.86 148.89 334.73 4.05 0.61 195.19 216.91
1.0 2.60 1.18 143.59 299.85 5.64 0.61 191.43 237.95
1.5 3.37 0.96 136.87 290.13 5.88 0.63 206.98 267.28
2.0 3.82 1.13 129.41 292.23 6.11 0.62 198.64 251.95
2.5 3.26 0.90 154.50 279.11 5.57 0.66 208.67 219.54
SEM 0.179 0.040 4.517 5.890 0.216 0.014 5.345 5.709
P-value
Linear 0.332 0.550 0.848 0.153 0.087 0.347 0.018 0.765
Quadratic 0.612 0.195 0.796 0.237 0.223 0.165 0.040 0.407

n = 8 replicates per group.

1 sIgA, secretory Ig A (mg/g protein); AKP, alkaline phosphatase (U /mg protein); Suc, sucrase (U/mg protein); Mal, maltase (U/mg protein).