Table 6.
Effect of different dietary treatments on the activity of digestive enzymes (U mg−1 protein) of the pancreas of broiler chickens (n = 6 chicks per treatment, mean ± SE).
| Dietary treatments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 |
| Amylase | 411 ± 20.70b | 470 ± 16.54b | 526 ± 19.94a | 517 ± 17.49a | 496 ± 16.58b | 502 ± 15.27b |
| Protease | 4,926 ± 262.70a | 5,054 ± 108.28a | 5,577 ± 139.27a | 5,305 ± 164.69a | 5,101 ± 118.24a | 5,166 ± 124.61a |
| Lipase | 58.4 ± 5.21b | 52.3 ± 7.74b | 83.2 ± 12.49a | 96.2 ± 12.44a | 60.5 ± 3.73b | 59.8 ± 4.80b |
Within rows, values followed by the same letter are not significantly (P>0.05) different according to Duncan's multiple range test; T1, Positive control; T2, Negative control; T3, CSBD + 10% DDP; T4, CSBD + 0.2% MOS; T5, CSBD + 0.2% mannose; T6, CSBD + 0.1% mannose. CSBD, corn-soy basal diet; DDP, degraded date pits; MOS, mannan-oligosaccharides.