Table 4.
Total blood protein (TBP) of Muscovy ducks fed different levels of dietary Quebracho tannin (QT) at 84-d age (n = 6 pen/treatment; 4 birds/pen).
Items | Age | Diet 1 | SEM | p-Value | |||
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QT0 | QT1.5 | QT2.5 | Linear | Quadratic | |||
TBP % | 84 d | 4.50 | 4.33 | 4.38 | 0.05 | 0.351 | 0.319 |
1 QT0 = basal diet; QT1.5 and QT2.5 = the basal diet supplemented with QT at 1.5% and 2.5%, respectively.