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. 2017 Dec 29;97(3):920–929. doi: 10.3382/ps/pex390

Table 8.

Effect of phytase and myo-inositol supplementation on prececal essential AA digestibility (%) in broiler chickens on d 22.1

Treatment Arg His2 Ile Leu Lys Met Phe2 Thr Val
C 88b 84a,b 85c 86c 87b 92b 86b 82a,b 84b,c
C+MI 87c 83b 84d 84d 87b 92b 85c 81b 83c
Phy500 89b 85a 86b 86b,c 89a 93a,b 87b 82a 85b
Phy1500 90a 85a 88a 88a 90a 93a 88a 83a 86a
Phy3000 90a 85a 87b 87a,b 90a 93a 88a 83a 85b
Pooled SEM 0.31 0.44 0.32 0.35 0.30 0.20 0.35 0.43 0.35
P-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

1Data are given as treatment means; n = 8 pens.

2The concentrations of histidine and phenylalanine may be affected to some extent by the oxidation procedure (Mason et al., 1980).

a–dMeans within a column not showing a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).