Table 4.

Total mucin content of the excreta of broiler chickens.

Item		SP diet			LP diet
	n	Mean		SD	Mean	SD	P-value
Total mucin content excreta (g/kg DM)1
Day 20	10		46.6	4.28	43.6	1.66	0.062
Day 28	15		51.1a	3.43	47.7b	3.94	0.017
Day 35	15		53.1a	3.93	49.6b	4.69	0.014
Day 42	30		62.3a	7.40	58.0b	6.75	0.022

SP diet = standard protein diet; LP diet = low protein diet.

¹Samples of fresh excreta of the birds were collected from each box at day 20 and day 42. On day 28 and day 35 samples were taken only from groups SPCN and LPCN.

^a,bValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.