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. 2020 Jan 29;99(3):1528–1539. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.11.018

Table 9.

Inositol phosphate concentration (nmol/g DM) in ileal digesta and disappearance (%) of InsP6 of broiler chickens1.

Age, D Phytase, FTU/kg Xylanase, BXU/kg InsP6 InsP5 InsP4 InsP3 Myo-inositol InsP6 disappearance
Means for age × phytase interaction
 7 500 18,636b 3,162b,c 904 660 13,958 60.2
1,500 13,193c 2,830b,c 1,177 708 18,120 70.3
3,000 9,000c,d 2,218c 1,248 745 19,563 76.7
 28 500 27,755a 7,066a 4,800 1,556 11,393 50.9
1,500 13,247c 4,082b 6,609 2,773 14,473 73.6
3,000 7,275d 2,427c 5,025 2,093 18,042 82.6
Least significant difference 5,034 1,312 1,517 434 3,152 10
Means for the phytase × xylanase interaction
500 0 21,867 5,051 3,088 1,186 13,105 54.4
500 16,000 24,524 5,177 2,617 1,030 12,245 56.8
1,500 0 13,585 3,737 4,839 1,969 15,924 72.1
1,500 16,000 12,855 3,175 2,948 1,512 16,669 71.8
3,000 0 5,628 1,474 2,100 1,213 19,994 86.8
3,000 16,000 10,647 3,171 4,174 1,624 17,610 72.4
Least significant difference 5,034 1,312 1,517 434 3,152 10
Means for the simple effect of age × phytase × xylanase
 7 500 0 17,546 2,955 884e 713e 15,166 58.9
500 16,000 19,726 3,369 924e 608e 12,751 61.5
1,500 0 13,561 2,818 1,037e 655e 17,821 68.9
1,500 16,000 12,824 2,842 1,318d,e 761e 18,419 71.6
3,000 0 5,920 1,382 798e 663e 19,917 86.0
3,000 16,000 12,080 3,055 1,699de 827e 19,208 67.4
 28 500 0 26,187 7,146 5,292b,c 1,659c,d 11,045 49.8
500 16,000 29,322 6,986 4,309c 1,452d 11,740 52.1
1,500 0 13,609 4,656 8,641a 3,282a 14,028 75.3
1,500 16,000 12,885 3,507 4,578b,c 2,263b,c 14,919 72.0
3,000 0 5,336 1,566 3,402c,d 1,764b-d 20,071 87.6
3,000 16,000 9,214 3,287 6,649a,b 2,422b 16,012 77.5
Least significant difference 7,120 1,856 2,145 614 4,458 15
P-values for main effects and interactions2
 Age 0.093 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.006 1.000
 Phytase <0.001 <0.001 0.144 0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Xylanase 0.117 0.273 0.829 0.599 0.365 0.177
 Age × phytase 0.007 0.001 0.239 0.001 0.640 0.093
 Age × xylanase 0.881 0.460 0.259 0.342 0.993 0.908
 Phytase × xylanase 0.277 0.051 0.002 0.024 0.382 0.055
 Age × phytase × xylanase 0.898 0.808 0.011 0.038 0.357 0.613

a-cValues in the same column with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).

1

Data are means of 10 birds (day 7) and 5 birds (day 28) per pen with 8 pens per treatment.

2

For clarity in the table, the means for some main effects and 2-way interactions were not presented in the table but could be computed from the data on 3-way interaction.